No, not the military kind.
The Wall St Journal reported this morning (Thurs) that many in the Democratic Party are wondering how to avoid losing in national elections, yet again. Many want the party to declare an all out war on the Republicans, no holds barred dirty obstructing etc etc. The argument against this is that people might be turned off by this behavior (interestingly no one argued that such behavior would work against their sworn jobs as public representatives). Putting off Rice's confirmation seems to me like one small step there.
But I think the Dems are in the late stage of serious trouble. Virtually all of their successes came from Big Government intervention: fighting the Great Depression, WW2, Civil Rights, regulations to govern pure food and drugs, etc. You can take issue with any of these for a variety of reasons but I think they are regarded, with some good reason, as successes.
But that kind of Big Government thinking is very unpopular today. We all know what Reagan said and most people agree with that.
Without issues that Big Government can solve the Dems will be a party without a purpose.
Thoughts?
The Wall St Journal reported this morning (Thurs) that many in the Democratic Party are wondering how to avoid losing in national elections, yet again. Many want the party to declare an all out war on the Republicans, no holds barred dirty obstructing etc etc. The argument against this is that people might be turned off by this behavior (interestingly no one argued that such behavior would work against their sworn jobs as public representatives). Putting off Rice's confirmation seems to me like one small step there.
But I think the Dems are in the late stage of serious trouble. Virtually all of their successes came from Big Government intervention: fighting the Great Depression, WW2, Civil Rights, regulations to govern pure food and drugs, etc. You can take issue with any of these for a variety of reasons but I think they are regarded, with some good reason, as successes.
But that kind of Big Government thinking is very unpopular today. We all know what Reagan said and most people agree with that.
Without issues that Big Government can solve the Dems will be a party without a purpose.
Thoughts?