Word: democratization
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...Democratic candidate owed his victory, above all, to the return of the economy to the top of the political agenda. To most Americans, the key issue in 2008 was--as it had been when another Southern Democrat won the presidency 16 years previously--"the economy, stupid." Some experts argued that the economy had never stopped mattering. Bush won in 2000 because the dotcom bubble burst that year. He won in 2004 because his tax cuts and the easy-money policies of Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan had generated a sustained economic recovery. Unfortunately for the Republicans, that recovery could...
...letter to the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Kathleen Clarke, the BLM's director, indicated that federal rules trumped the state law that Wyoming had just passed. Clarke promised to work closely with the state "to ensure fair protection of surface-owner interests." Governor Dave Freudenthal, a Democrat up for re-election in November, says that isn't enough. "What the BLM is doing at the national level is rattling a saber, sending a signal that companies do not have to comply," he tells TIME. "But we will enforce...
Where should Democrats be trawling for votes? Try megachurches. The fast-growing suburban congregations have long been seen as hard-core G.O.P. supporters. But Applebee's America, a new book aimed at helping political, business and religious leaders market themselves, disagrees. The authors--ex-Bill Clinton aide Douglas Sosnik, Bush strategist Matthew Dowd and journalist Ron Fournier--analyzed 2004 exit polls and found that Protestant suburbanites who attend church at least weekly are 49% Democrat or independent and 39% believe in gay rights. "Democratic leaders should stop stereotyping and start targeting," they write. If Dems do, they may find...
Like DeLay, who was also known for bruising rivalries within his party, Pelosi has embraced hard-knuckle partisanship, even if it means standing still. When Bush announced his Social Security plan last year, Pelosi told House Democrats they could never beat him in a straight-ahead, policy-against-policy debate because he had the megaphone of the presidency and was just coming off re-election. So the Democrats would thunderously attack Bush and argue there was no Social Security crisis and therefore no need for them to put out their own proposal. Some members were leery, concerned that Pelosi would...
...other President, also a Democrat, regretted venturing into psychobabble. Bill Clinton, squatting in jeans in the press cabin of Air Force One, said as he geared up for his re-election run that he was "trying to get people to get out of their funk," provoking mocking headlines like DR. CLINTON, NATIONAL THERAPIST...