There's a
vile little piece in the WaPo today aimed at, as far as I can tell, undercutting the Senate Democrats and destroying party unity.
The article references a poison-pen memo that's making the rounds.
The authors?
Greenberg and Carville.
"Why has the public not taken out their anger on the congressional Republicans and the president?" they added. "We think the answer lies with voters' deeper feelings about the Democrats who appear to lack direction, conviction, values, advocacy or a larger public purpose."
Uh, guys? You can say it the Bush way, "opposing privatization". But you can also say it the positive way: "Committed to a public program of social insurance for our society's most vulnerable members".
Supposed "Democratic" operatives ought to get with the program and start talking positive instead of spreading doubt like this.
In their analysis, Greenberg and Carville said Democrats have resisted saying there is a problem with Social Security, even though 63 percent of Americans in a recent National Public Radio poll said there was. "To say there is no problem simply puts Democrats out of the conversation for the great majority of the country that want political leaders to secure this very important government retirement program," they wrote. "Voters are looking for reform, change and new ideas but Democrats seem stuck in concrete."
Talk about accepting Republican frames as the basis of dialogue. Why can't these guys learn?