Reply #11: Look, it is not that hard to come up with some basic things all agree on:

[The Stranger]

1. Kill the Bush tax cuts;

2. Kill the Bush tax cuts;

3. Kill the Bush tax cuts.

It really is that easy. Just focus on one thing and hammer and hammer and hammer. But here's more:

1. Payroll tax cut must continue;

2. Unemployment must be funded;

3. Supporting American families actually CREATES jobs via the multiplier effect, not cutting;

4. The stimulus worked.

Even if we don't have ANYTHING we agree on, we can always attack the Republicans.

1. The Republicans are split and have no leadership, even Boner cannot get a simple vote from his own party;

2. The Republicans ran up the deficit for a decade before the Democrats came in and were handed the broom;

3. The Republicans only serve the absolute richest, and corporate greed, not the regular family or small business owner (this is key, we have to include the small business owners and get them back from the Dark Side);

Finally, we can always claim the "American People" want what we want (and they do, but even if they didn't).