As human beings it is so easy for us to view past events as a window to the future. We take the election of 2004 and hypothesize about the "winning formula" for '06 and '08. But this sort of ruminating leaves us hopelessly stuck in the past, and guarantees our party will be out of step with the country when those elections roll around. We Democrats need to paint in broad strokes, anticipating trends, not following them - setting agendas instead of merely reacting to the country's current far right game plan. America isn't conservative or liberal, right or left, our country simply like WINNERS! Real winners know how to take their lumps and persevere. Winners inspire confidence and that confidence is both contagious and self generating. We've got to get Back to the Future!
Real Democrats don't trust pundits or poobahs!