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...Learn to distinguish between policy disputes and mean-spirited negativity. Republicans need to stop trying to get ahead by attacking Democrats?? character and trying to convince the electorate to actually hate them. Democrats do care about the future of this country. Republicans need to acknowledge this and focus on highlighting the problems with Democratic policies, not Democratic people. That’s not just the right thing to do, it’s also good politics...
...Montana senatorial race is on most pundits’ short lists of “toss-up” races. A win here is said to be vital to the Democrats?? battle to reclaim Congress’ upper chamber; so vital, in fact, that by today, the candidates and political parties will have spent close to $20 per voter...
...Tester says Burns isn’t all that he’s cracked up to be, and Montana’s other senator, a Democrat, boasts that he has brought to Montana more money than Burns. Harry Reid, the Democrats?? Senate leader, rushed in weeks ago to assure Montanans that their gravy train will not be derailed, announcing that Tester will be given a seat on the Appropriations Committee if he wins...
...heart. Like the Tin Man, each party wanders about, clucking about the need for initiative and ideas, but never managing to find either. Far be it for me to criticize the sterling leadership of Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and company; there are underlying structural causes of the Democrats?? serial ineptitude as an opposition party. Among the many flaws of our reified Constitution is that it intentionally undermines the development of parliamentary-style political parties. There is no platform from which to articulate a unified opposition ideology. Instead of a shadow cabinet that directly opposes the government...
...delivered a groundbreaking speech that was later mischaracterized by the Associated Press’ headline, “Dems must court Evangelicals.” But this isn’t so much about courting “evangelicals” as it is about ending the Democrats?? rejection of religious imagery and ideals. The Network of Spiritual Progressives (led by Rabbi Michael Lerner) more accurately paraphrased the senator’s message: “Obama insists that liberals must stop pushing religious people away and stop demanding that they leave their religious ideas...