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After the Democrats lost the 2000 presidential election, Clinton advisors Paul Begala and James Carville published “A Battle Plan for the Democrats?? in The New York Times in which they proposed demonizing President George W. Bush as their party’s chief political strategy. Begala and Carville advised fellow Democrats, “First, call a radical a radical. Mr. Bush’s agenda is neither compassionate nor conservative; it’s radical and it’s dangerous, and Democrats should...
...radical a radical,” has not worked. Republicans swept midterm elections nationwide in Nov. 2002, prompting Washington Monthly editor-in-chief Paul Glastris to offer this clear explanation for why the Democrats got spanked: “They had no message.” Specifically, the Democrats?? mantra that “Bush is a radical,” supported with tired and trite examples, did not resonate with centrist voters. Glastris suggests that Democrats should have instead focused their campaigns on alternative fiscal policies, homeland security and multilateral intervention in Iraq—all platforms...
Gregory M. Schmidt ’06, an HSHD executive board member and the College Democrats?? campaigns director, said he believes that the New Hampshire primary is “the ideal form of democracy” because it encourages greater interaction between the candidates, with their student volunteers, and the general population...
Peter P. Buttigieg ’04, a board member of the Harvard College Democrats??who issued a statement opposing the war on Monday—spoke about what he called President George W. Bush’s “selective memory...
McGeary said that although some members of the College Democrats?? board were initially concerned about joining forces with anti-war groups, he said he hopes that the wide spectrum of perspectives will strengthen the rally...