Mainly it is that they are idiots. Today's
NYTimes story by two of the worst reporters in America (though this story is fair enough, the Dems did the negative spinning themselves), Adam Nagourney and Sheryl Gay Stolberg, is all the evidence that you need. Start with Idiot No. 1, Senator Chris Dodd:
Asked to describe the health of the Democratic Party, Senator Christopher J. Dodd of Connecticut, the former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, said: "A lot worse than it should be. This has not been a very good two months."
"We seem to be losing our voice when it comes to the basic things people worry about," Mr. Dodd said.
Who needs Republicans to run down Dems? Dems will do it for you.
Idiot No. 2, Barack Obama:
I think that two-thirds of the American people think the country is going in the wrong direction," " said Senator Barack Obama, the first-term Illinois Democrat who is widely viewed as one of the party's promising stars. "They're not sure yet whether Democrats can move it in the right direction."
Mr. Obama said the Democratic Party had not seized the moment, adding: "We have been in a reactive posture for too long. I think we have been very good at saying no, but not good enough at saying yes."
Thank you Karl Rove Obama. Well done. Idiot.
Idiot Number 3, Phil Bredesen:
We're selling our party short; you've got to stand for a lot more than just blasting the other side," said Gov. Phil Bredesen of Tennessee. "The country is wide open to hear some alternatives, but I don't think it's wide open to all these criticisms. I am sitting here and getting all my e-mail about the things we are supposed to say about the president's speech, but it's extremely light on ideas. It's like, 'We're for jobs and we're for America.' "
Note to Bredesen, it is not too smart to admit that the Party is telling you what to say. Idiot.
Idiot Number 4, Howard Dean:
"We're going to keep hammering this," said Mr. Dean, the party chairman, referring to the scandals. "One thing the Republicans have taught us is that values and character matter."
Republicans taught us? For fuck's sake. Idiot.
Two Democrats quoted in the article understand the "throw the bums out" dynamic of elections:
Ms. Pelosi of California, the House Democratic leader, did not dispute that argument. But, pointing to the Democratic strategy in defeating Mr. Bush's Social Security proposal last year, she said there was no rush.
"People said, 'You can't beat something with nothing,' " she said, arguing that the Democrats had in fact accomplished precisely that this year. "I feel very confident about where we are."
And Senator Barbara Boxer, also a California Democrat, said: "We have a strategy. First is to convince the American people that what's happening in Washington is not working. We have achieved that. Now we have to, at this stage, convince people that we are the ones to bring positive change."
But I betcha the other Dems quoted think they are "part of the problem." Idiots that they are.
