This is my first attempt at a diary. I have been waiting to get to the point where I can post so it is fairly long and contains a lot of thoughts. I look forward to thoughts and comments.
Given the result of this election, the victory of Wedge Politics over Policy Politics, Democrats need to rethink how campaigns are run. Policy politics gave us a Stronger America, Elimination of Two Americas, increasing the taxes on the rich, and so on. It is clear that this did not work.
What did work? In the eyes of 80% of those who voted for Bush, Democrats were going to take away some rich guys tax cut, Kerry was going to force you to let Gay people have the same rights as homophobics, Kerry was going to take away your gun, and al Qaeda is going to get you if you vote for Kerry. In this 15 second sound bite world, the collective intelligence of middle america will not listen to or vote for policy, just fear and wedge issues.
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