Dan Conley has, unfortunately for those who appreciate his insight (even when we sometimes disagree) been on a long hiatus. He’s now (somewhat) back. In a recent post he gives an analysis of Democratic impotence that’s worth considering. The key point:
“But who are the American people to turn to now that the Republicans have been so throughly discredited? Bill Clinton got it right — Americans will go with wrong but strong over weak but right, especially in times of peril. To borrow a poker analogy, the Democratic Party never raises a bet, it just checks and folds hand after hand. The result: we don’t win very often and when we do, the stakes are too small.”
Conley’s advice is that Democrats go after Bush on his failed terrorism policy, demonstrated by the bombing in London of one of our strongest allies, by asking repeatedly “Where’s Osama? Why are you spending so little time on the Al Qaeda threat?”
It seems to me Democrats could do worse - and are doing worse. To borrow a different analogy, sometimes you need to take it to the hoop.
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