Just switch parties and get it over with.
Don't Be Fooled by Bush Polls, Democratic Council Warns
By John F. Harris and Chris Cillizza
Sunday, December 18, 2005; A04
Rising public frustration with the Iraq war and low approval ratings for President Bush look to many Democrats like an opportunity for big gains with voters in the 2006 and 2008 elections.
But two of the party's top strategists say this opportunity may be something else: a trap.
Al From, president of the centrist Democratic Leadership Council, and pollster Mark Penn wrote 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 Penn 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."
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I think he's right but for
I think he's right but for the wrong reason.
The polls are not accurate because of the demographics used.
 or generally to steer a
THAT part is bullshit.
The DLC is bullshit. It's
The DLC is bullshit. It's full of accomodationists and bottom feeders. The Iraq debate simply neds to be reframed and set forth in monetary term. How much are the American people willing to fork out to build what ulitmately will be a Shia-led Islamic state in Iraq? 300 billion? 400 billion? 500? Every time a dollar is spent on Bush's folly a cash register should ring to remind these fools they're giving away their children's and grandchildren's futures. Americans don't mind spilling blood, but they hate losing money.