at some point the Democratic Party, is going to have to stand for something other than standing for “whatever the Republicans don’t stand for.”

Good point. I’ve been saying this same thing a lot lately. The current political climate is made up of Republicans and anti-Republicans. Democrats keep wondering why they are losing public support, and what they don’t realize is that the Republicans are doing a masterful job of stealing Democrats from the party. How the Republicans managed to fool working-class Joe Sixpack into believing that they give a crap about him I’ll never know, but they did. The “working man” was historically the backbone of the Democratic party, but they’re leaving in droves. Women used to be more likely to vote Democratic, but that has changed as well.

As nauseated as I am by the current Republican agenda (e.g., self-imposed “moral” authority, war mongering, irresponsible environmental policy, abandonment of their traditional stances on states’ rights and small federal government), they are winning because they have a clear agenda. 1994 was a turning point for a party in trouble and they turned it around. Democrats should learn from the strategies behind the “Contract With America” and get their act together.

at some point the Democratic Party, is going to have to stand for something other than standing for “whatever the Republicans don’t stand for.”

Good point. I’ve been saying this same thing a lot lately. The current political climate is made up of Republicans and anti-Republicans. Democrats keep wondering why they are losing public support, and what they don’t realize is that the Republicans are doing a masterful job of stealing Democrats from the party. How the Republicans managed to fool working-class Joe Sixpack into believing that they give a crap about him I’ll never know, but they did. The “working man” was historically the backbone of the Democratic party, but they’re leaving in droves. Women used to be more likely to vote Democratic, but that has changed as well.

As nauseated as I am by the current Republican agenda (e.g., self-imposed “moral” authority, war mongering, irresponsible environmental policy, abandonment of their traditional stances on states’ rights and small federal government), they are winning because they have a clear agenda. 1994 was a turning point for a party in trouble and they turned it around. Democrats should learn from the strategies behind the “Contract With America” and get their act together.

at some point the Democratic Party, is going to have to stand for something other than standing for “whatever the Republicans don’t stand for.”

Good point. I’ve been saying this same thing a lot lately. The current political climate is made up of Republicans and anti-Republicans. Democrats keep wondering why they are losing public support, and what they don’t realize is that the Republicans are doing a masterful job of stealing Democrats from the party. How the Republicans managed to fool working-class Joe Sixpack into believing that they give a crap about him I’ll never know, but they did. The “working man” was historically the backbone of the Democratic party, but they’re leaving in droves. Women used to be more likely to vote Democratic, but that has changed as well.

As nauseated as I am by the current Republican agenda (e.g., self-imposed “moral” authority, war mongering, irresponsible environmental policy, abandonment of their traditional stances on states’ rights and small federal government), they are winning because they have a clear agenda. 1994 was a turning point for a party in trouble and they turned it around. Democrats should learn from the strategies behind the “Contract With America” and get their act together.