how did the repukes regroup after 92?

[pstokely]

?

[Alexander]

1. Well, take a look at the election that followed it.

In 1994 they won Congress. So take what you will from that.

[trotsky]

3. Yeah and they did that by...

falling back to their slime & hate politics - blasted Clinton for "don't ask, don't tell", tarred him with "Hillarycare." Scared & misled the people into voting for them.

The more things change, the more things stay the same.

[BDawg]

2. They Regrouped By

Organizing. They came up with a *party* platform with new ideas and they shoved it down everyone's throught. The Democrats we fighting an individual fight and got completely blindsided. Not much has changed.

[DarthDem]

5. Let Me Add

A Democratic version of the Contract on America - - but a right-minded one - - wouldn't be such a bad idea right about now.

[DarthDem]

4. They Obstructed . . .

. . . everything that Clinton did. The liberal committee chairmen overreached, and there was a complete PR uprising on the Thugs' part against Hillary's universal health care plan. They successfully manipulated that into their runaway victory in 1994 - - in comparison to which yesterday pales, although the Senate is once again back to 55-45, all due to Democratic retirements. Well, and Daschle.

[meow2u3]

8. Senate Dems need to obstruct the Bushies

at every turn--to teach them a lesson that they won't take neocon Bushit lying down.

[kysrsoze]

13. At that point, Newt Gingrich started working with the religious right

to bring them into the picture. You can thank his stupid ass for where we are today.

[neener3]

16. True

but identifying a clear plan of agreement (Contract with America) gave them a united focus on ideas (bad ideas, but ideas nevertheless).

[Democat]

6. Look at 1994, they regrouped by moving the right and using churches

What is our church and corporate equivalent on the left?

Republicans have the corporations and the churches on their side. What do we have to compete with that?

[ciaobox]

7. They founded Diebold

[Ohio rules]

9. Fundementals....

soul searching from within.
The democratic party needs to be turned inside out and scraped of the stagnant living in the past " Who the hell can we blame for what we do to ourselves. " mentality

[LTR]

10. They had a common cause to rally around

Clinton bashing.

Now... what can WE learn from that?

[pstokely]

11. we have Bush bashing

nt

[LTR]

12. But are we doing it right?

Something to think about.

Something went wrong here. Very wrong.

[snippy]

14. We might want look at what the GOP did after 1974 too.

That was a disaster for the GOP.

[pstokely]

15. Reagan Revolution

nt

[eissa]

17. They took over the pulpit and the airwaves

People would leave their churches, after listening to sermons bashing Clinton, get in their car and tune into Rush/Savage/Hannity, etc., return home and click on Faux News (all the while crying "liberal media"). At the same time, Newt and his boys were turning every Clinton move into a scandal of some sort. They organized, fought dirty and won.

[Oak2004]

18. I was a Republican then

and they (specifically, the extremist faction) didn't need to regroup. They just plodded on with their long term plan, funded with gawdawful amounts of money, to get a stranglehold upon the Republicans, then do this to our nation.

[apnu]

20. yup... my memory backs you up

But I wasn't a Repub then.. I was and still am indy.

[johnkerryyip145]

19. Yes, we must regroup n/t

[NavajoRug]

21. I don't think the GOP "re-grouped" after 1992 . . .

. . . as much as the Democrats shot themselves in the foot.

In 1993 and 1994, the Democrats were politically vulnerable because they controlled both houses of Congress and the White House. Therefore, they were in a position where they -- and only they -- would be held responsible for any failure to deliver on Clinton's 1992 campaign promises.