Reply #12: The Repubs have ALWAYS outspent us [View All]

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Shrub spent $60mil more than Gore in 2000, and he still had to rely on his Daddy's pals on the Supreme Court to win.

Paul Wellstone got outspent 7-to-1 in his first Senate bid, and still won. Countless other congresscritters and local pols win with less money, too.

The problem is that the people who run this party seem to think that the only way to win is to become Republicans: on the issues, on the ads, on the way they run the campaign. Dems have a hard time winning like this.

When Democrats run AS DEMOCRATS (on Democratic issues, that is), and tap into the grassroots that's already out there to do the legwork, they WIN. All that's needed is some decent leadership at the top who don't take the grassroots for granted, and blow their entire wads on useless TV ads which do more harm than good much of the time.

If you want to show you're different from the Republicans, then don't act like 'em.