Where are the Democrats on the issues? I had no problem finding out

[ProSense]

right here:

http://www.democrats.org/agenda.html


Senate
http://democrats.senate.gov/issues.html

http://democrats.senate.gov/senators.html (find out about local issues at each members website)

House
http://democraticleader.house.gov/issues/

http://democrats.house.gov/about/member_pages.cfm (find out about local issues at each members website)


Check out the members campaign sites too, even the aspiring members sites feature an issues page.

Plan after plan, speech after speech, the MSM still slips in that little caveat to the 2006 elections: Well, if the Democrats want to win, they need to have a clear vision.

As opposed to what, giving the Republicans a win to lead the nation into the toilet? We're seeing Republican vision in action right now: lies, chaos, corruption, debt, death, destruction, etc.

[bryant69]

1. Yeah

This argument gets soo old. I got particularly frusterated during the last election when I kept hearing "Democrats have no programs of their own."

It always meant "well we haven't bothered to look up Democrat's programs because that would get in the way of trashing them."

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[SammyWinstonJack]

2. If the media weren't so biased against us.............

:banghead: :argh:

[Snotcicles]

3. Kick for democracy bonds Everybody please think about signing up. n/t

[serryjw]

4. Personally, I would rather fight on Facts

not hyperbole........Everyone knows you can only do so much if you don't have control of either chamber.......My favorite websites for political issues/positions


http://www.ontheissues.org/default.htm

http://www.opensecrets.org/

Welcome to DU!

[ProSense]

6. Great sites

I visit ontheissue.org a lot. Still, going to the members actual site is important, much to be learned there.

[serryjw]

8. In the heat of an election

both sides frame issues that suit them..They can't run away from their past. That in the end that is what hurt Kerry. We can't make the same mistake. OUR 2008 MANTRA: NO CONGESSIONAL CANDIDATE FOR PREZ!
For that reason I would support Clark or Warner.

I am counting on this to KILL McCain if he is the GOP nominee...A VERY long voting record that is NOT mainstream

[ProSense]

10. They shouldn't run away from their past, but I don't agree about Kerry or

whit the mantra you cited. I followed Kerry and have noticed no change in his position on the issues. The Iraq policy he laid out recently mirrors what he said at NYU before the election, and is on point. Members of Congress have a lot of experience and have earned the right to run for the presidency.

[serryjw]

12. The question is NOT whether they have experience

or 'deserve' it...but rather it gives the other side too much ammunition...you can't debunk a voting record, Americans think in sound bites.That is what killed Kerry. WE all know what he REALLY said on Iraq, most of the country doesn't

[ProSense]

13. I think it would be political suicide

to dump our most experienced and effective leaders based on how the other Party tries to frame them. We would have better luck countering their spin than trying to do that. It's not hard to imagine what the spin would be if we went down that path.

[serryjw]

15. There is a reason why it has not happened since

JFK..I don't make the rules, but I do listen to them.

[ProSense]

16. Not sure I understand, but Bush should be the wake-up call for Americans

to stop voting based on sound bites. Either that or they'll wake up to another nightmare.

[serryjw]

17. Sorry, what do you not understand?

In politics you can't change the populous. YOU may pay attention but 99% of american don't. 20% make their decision in the last few weeks before an election.Having a long history of voting is dangerous...like I said before, that's why it has not happened since JFK.

[ProSense]

18. I think Bush has changed that.

He will forever be remembered as the horror that awakened many apoplectic and apathetic voters, including the 20% you cite, to the fact that they can't vote based on sound bites. Bush even caused some of his staunch supporters jump ship.


The governor, new boy on the block (propped up as such), turned out to be America's worse nightmare.

[serryjw]

19. I humbly disagree with your opinion

99% of americans (including MSM) have stopped talking about Katrina.I say everyday on DU, your giving Americans more credit than they deserveRemember they elected him TWICE. Yes, we believe (rightfully so) that it was stolen TWICE...but it was still way to close in 2004, after all he put this country through,It should have been a landslide for Kerry

[ProSense]

20. This isn't about Kerry or the stolen election. And as far as voters, I'm

not giving them more credit than they deserve. I have no pity for Bush supporters. I'm pointing out that some people regret voting for him, and those who didn't vote now realize they probably should have.

Look at the results of this poll:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/11/04/opinion/polls/main1011154.shtml

And you know, I believe the election was stolen; therefore I believe Kerry won.

[serryjw]

21. We are digressing from my original statement

I won't support a member of Congress for the 2008 Presidency

[ProSense]

22. That's fine! I want to see Democrats win. n/t

[Kierkegaard]

5. On Press the Meet this morning

Russert posed the same crap to Howard Dean, and much to my surprise, Dean lent much credence to the issue! He asserted that it wasn't Democrats place to come up with a plan because we weren't in control of anything in Washington. He continued that we would have a plan in time for the '06 elections. I know he wanted to scuttle that issue so he could stay on point, but that was a piss poor answer!

[ProSense]

7. It's one of those responses to put the focus back on the

Republicans, but you're right, mentioning the DNC website should be part of that.

[ray of light]

9. Thank you everyone for the links.

Don't forget to put the appropriate ones in the research forum.

And ProSense...Welcome to D.U.

:hi:

[ProSense]

11. Thank you!

:hi:

[FreedomAngel82]

14. Don't you love the internet?

I still thank Gore for believing in it. It's so easy to find out what the democratic plan's are.