When are are leaders going stop being scared of their own shadow??

[samrock]

I do not know if Alison Grimes could have won.. but I do know the moment when I was sure she would lose.. When she was lobbed a softball. "Did you vote for Barack Obama?" and hemmed and hawwed and avoided an answer.. She should have jumped on that and said.. Of course.. and gone on to explain how bad we were under Bush and how great Obama has done.. One thing you have to hand to the republicans.. they are not shy about standing up for what they believe in.. I cringe when I see are leaders refuse to do that.. On health care, on Dodd/Frank, on minimum wage, etc etc.. How can we expect others to support us and our beliefs when our leaders will not?.. in both 2000 and 2014 we could have run a bright, optimistic campaign on what a great job we had done like RR did in 1984 with his morning in America.. but we just ran on how bad the other guys would be.. We need to be bold, optimistic and be proud of our record.. especially when it is soo good!!

[ladjf]

1. The answer may be when the citizenry of America stops being afraid of their own shadow.

The natural fears are "stocked" to a feverish pitch by the professional propagandists of the media.

[upaloopa]

2. If I were in Kentucky and heard Grimes' answer

it would not have effected my vote. It would not make me want to vote for Mitch and it would not make me want to stay home.
If I decided not to vote I doubt her answer saying she voted for Obama would make me want to vote for her. So I don't see that event as pivotal. I would have voted for her because she was the Dem.

[nc4bo]

3. Also remind folks what the Democratic party stands for (or used to)

Like Social Security, USPS, Unions, etc and how Democrats would do everything in its power to protect and strenghten what made the middle class great.....what made this country strong.

Don't get me started about immigration reform or election reform or addressing the error of the Citizens United ruling, predatory corporations like the banking industry, healthcare industry, the pillaging of worker's retirement benefits, fly by night charter schools sucking the life out of public education systems.

There are soooooo many populist and righteous issues the party can take a stand, on but we don't. Not sure if it's fear or greed.

Go down fighting for SOMETHING.

[MisterP]

4. but the donations roll in whether they win or not, so ...