NYT: Democrats Outline Agenda, Mostly Sparing the Specifics

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Democrats Outline Agenda, Mostly Sparing the Specifics
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
Published: January 27, 2006


WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 — It has become fashionable in Washington to portray Democrats as the party without a compelling message. Congressional Democrats, eager to pick up seats in November but so far unable to capitalize on Republicans' vulnerability, fired back on Thursday, offering a sweeping agenda that was long on vision and short on specifics.

In back-to-back talks at the National Press Club, the House Democratic leader, Representative Nancy Pelosi of California, and the Senate Democratic whip, Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, promised initiatives on education, health care and jobs, and a stronger, more secure nation, if voters put Democrats back in power.

"Our Democratic message is one of renewing America's promise," Ms. Pelosi told reporters, testing out a potential party campaign slogan after the speeches.

The talks, billed as a "pre-buttal" to President Bush's State of the Union address on Tuesday, were an effort by the Democrats to get a jump on Mr. Bush's speech. But they were also a trial balloon, of sorts, for Democrats to test broad themes with voters, even if those themes lacked details and price tags.

The two outlined what Ms. Pelosi called a "Democratic innovation agenda" that included encouraging scientists and engineers to become teachers, support for small businesses to help them offer health care to employees, and revamping the new Medicare prescription drug law to give the federal government authority to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies for lower prices....


http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/27/politics/27dems.html

[Vincardog]

1. In short undo the damage the NeoConvicts have done

[Rose Siding]

2. Guess the NYT is used to detailed plans with price tags from the bushbots

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[enki23]

3. whereas republicans....

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