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DNC's Strategy Memo

How to spin Bush's good numbers

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December 18, 2005 12:41:51 PM from JoeUser ForumsJoeUser Forums
With rising public frustration with the war and rising approval ratings for GWB, the Democratic National Committee issued a memo last week telling them how to react and respond to Republican threats...

From the Washington Post:
...a strategy memo to DLC supporters last week warning party leaders not to use Bush's problems as an invitation to call for an immediate U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, or generally to steer a more liberal course that could alienate the middle-of-the-road voters the party needs.
"It is important for Democrats to understand that despite Bush's decline, America remains a moderate to conservative country -- particularly on economic and security measures," the two wrote. While a poll taken by [the authors] for the DLC showed voters opposing the Iraq war 54 to 44 percent, they warned that "Democratic leaders could be playing with political dynamite if they call for an immediate pullout of American troops."
The memo is the latest illustration of deep divisions among Democrats over the right stance on Iraq -- on policy and political grounds. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who supports a rapid withdrawal starting now, has estimated that half the Democratic caucus agrees with her.

The Democratic fringe may agree with Pelosi, but obviously the American people don't. And the Dems are trying to figure out how to overcome that, setting themselves up to gain in 2006, unseating the Republican party in the House, Senate, and eventually the White House in 2008.
This shows their battle strategy in broad terms. It's now up to the individual Dem candidates to do their part. The DNC has thrown the ball to the candidates; now the receivers have to run in for the touchdown.

[The memo] said the most defensible ground for Democrats is a middle path: rejecting deadlines for troop withdrawal but endorsing "clear benchmarks" to measure progress and hold Bush accountable for the results.
The DLC has been arguing since its inception 20 years ago that the party needs to transcend its liberal activists and traditional interest groups to be electable nationally, a message that has rarely varied with any new issue or circumstance. [The authors] say the latest evidence still supports them.

Yeah, good luck with that. Especially since their core constituency consists of the lunatic fringe, unhappy with the status quo or who are deeply upset about some pet issue. Good luck moving to the center while not alienating or abandoning them.
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Reply #1 December 18, 2005 7:47:10 PM
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Reply #2 December 18, 2005 8:22:42 PM
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In other words, "how do we have to act to better our chances of winning, since the truth will only hurt us".
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Reply #3 December 18, 2005 9:11:57 PM
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In other words, "how do we have to act to better our chances of winning, since the truth will only hurt us".

It's a matter of trying to court any hate-Bush Republicans while maintaining their core constituency.
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Reply #4 December 19, 2005 12:06:24 AM
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Small wonder the dems are called spineless.
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Reply #5 December 19, 2005 12:14:31 AM
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Damn, for a second there I thought for sure someone was gonna say that the Democrats actually have a strategy. At this point the best I think they can do is a strategery, but even that is only in their minds.
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Reply #6 December 19, 2005 8:43:07 AM
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The DLC is actually the faction of the democrat party that got Clinton Elected.  They are much more conservative than the party as a whole.  And the people who control the party hate them almost as much as they hate bush!  Just read the Daily Kos for confirmation of that!

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Reply #7 December 19, 2005 10:02:01 PM
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America remains a moderate to conservative country


If only I could see the look on col's face when he read that.
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Reply #8 December 20, 2005 11:18:08 AM
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If only I could see the look on col's face when he read that.


But that's what COL Curmudgeon claims to be! Moderate to conservative.
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Reply #9 December 20, 2005 11:35:33 AM
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Colon Gangrene isn't a lib by any means. I have no doubt that he was probably a decent conservative at one time. Right now he is just a mindless drone on the "Bash Bush Bus".

Must be hard to look at himself in the mirror, trying to see who he used to be, but only seeing the filth he has become.
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Reply #10 December 20, 2005 11:43:06 AM
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I await the day when the left wakes up and starts to promote something that benefits ALL the people.

This presnt day democratic [party} is the reason I switched in 2003 to Republican, After 35 years as a staunch democrat.
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Reply #11 December 20, 2005 2:23:09 PM
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How to spin Bush's good numbers

47% approval rating is good numbers?
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Reply #12 December 21, 2005 9:58:37 PM
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47% approval rating is good numbers?


Better than before:
...rising approval ratings for GWB

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Reply #13 December 22, 2005 12:56:28 AM
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I await the day when the left wakes up and starts to promote something that benefits ALL the people.

This presnt day democratic [party} is the reason I switched in 2003 to Republican, After 35 years as a staunch democrat
If you had truthfully been a staunch DEM, you would have been thoroughly aware that they do stand for all the people--so-called turncoats never really wore the coat.

It's a matter of trying to court any hate-Bush Republicans while maintaining their core constituency.


I suppose you mean by this is that the Republicans in blue and purple states hate Bush. I doubt that.
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Reply #14 December 22, 2005 8:10:36 AM
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It's a matter of trying to court any hate-Bush Republicans while maintaining their core constituency.
I suppose you mean by this is that the Republicans in blue and purple states hate Bush. I doubt that.


I doubt it too, since I live in a blue state and I still support the Prez. I meant "hate-Bush Republicans" as people who regret voting for him in the last election. Those who may be out there who don't approve of the things he's done in his tenure. The DNC is hoping to court that crowd into becoming full-fledged Democrats.
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