Democrats must endure, prevail

[pstokely]

http://www.kansan.com/getstory.aspx?id=502c9da5-9879-4605-8ead-690c7f7d8e79

Watching the election results come in Tuesday night was like watching Kansas let its lead slip against Syracuse in the 2003 men’s basketball national championship. That same sinking feeling. Even before the results gave Bush the clear lead in Ohio, I couldn’t watch anymore.

It’s a hard time to be a Democrat. After all of the talk about the party being mobilized and the theory that the polling was inaccurate, we’ve lost not only the White House, but more seats in Congress as well. Another four years of President Bush feels like a bad dream. The Democrats I know all express a sense of loss, fear and disconnect with their country after this defeat. And it leaves us wondering, where did we go wrong?

Well, I don’t think we went wrong. We believed in the politics of hope. We believed that the American people deserve the truth. We believed that, surely, Americans couldn’t honestly say they are better off now than they were four years ago. But it’s hard to beat an incumbent. And for whatever reason, not enough Americans were convinced by our message.

[KingChicken]

1. Americans have been cowed

The Majority has always followed like "sheep" but this time around, seeing the lead for bush it made me feel like the country has truly slipped into total ignorance. But the cure for ignorance is a cold slap in the face from reality, hopefully with Iraq and the Economy plus the GOP peaking in their power we can take this country in 2008. The media is the center point here, it's amazing how a small group of corporations can control the direction of America.

[pstokely]

2. don't wait until 2008

we can start in 2006