In their meeting Thursday, the nation's Democratic governors said that the leadership of the DNC needs to move "out of Washington and
more towards the political center."
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Well, the 2004 election isn't even officially over yet, but I'm ready to call the 2008 election:
Nove 3, 2008:Republicans win landslide victory in Presidential, House and Sentate races.
More below the fold.
Most disheartening were the following "bold leadership" statements:
"This for us is our moment to push an agenda that in my view is centrist and that speaks to where most people are," said Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, who added that the governors will be interviewing prospective candidates in the next few weeks.
and this one:
Granholm said most of the governors agreed in their private meeting that they wanted to support a centrist who either "comes from or is comfortable in" a battleground or Republican-leaning state. "The spokesperson has to be somebody who is able to speak the language of values, of being pro-innovation and small business, of reaching across the aisle..."
Now, for a proper diary, I'd present a well-reasoned thesis about how we change this, about convincing these 'leaders' that a rush to the medicore center is still not a winning strategy, or about ways to somehow start forming a viable third-party.
But, to be honest, I'm at a loss - I feel as if the lessons of Nov. 2 2004, and 2002, and all the talk of "framing", and the laudation that has been piled upon "What's the Matter with Kansas" AND the lessons learned from the Dean campaign were somehow communicated in a foreign language that these people do not understand.
So it will be more of the same - pick a Chair who can cozy up to coporations [but try to stick to the nicer ones], target southerners [but the 'moderate' ones] and who won't address any real issues that might upset some folks.
<sigh> We have met the enemy - and he is us.