An 'angry' candidate may just be the most electable candidate...

[Didereaux]

What I mean is that the American electorate is angry, really, really deep down angry: about the war, the economy, jealth care, crooked and corrupt politicians, almost all Republicans, immigration. I am convinced that if a candidate starts showing their anger, their disgust with passion and following up with specific ways they are going smack offenders, or solve the problem, it will grab the voters. Get up on those platforms and podiums and point the fingers at Bush, Cheney any of them and state firmmly "they will not be allowed to continue, I will stop them and rid the government of all incompetent and corrupted appointees of the past administration. I will have the DoJ investigate and prosecute any corruption that is found.", "I will NOT continue Dick Cheney's war that enriches the Hallibutons and the Blackwaters and takes the lives of Americas young because of lies. I will, however pursue to the end Osama bin Laden, the man who is responsible for all this loss of life and destruction of peace." "I will get rid of ALL corporate welfare, and obscene tax loopholes that enrich multi-national corporations and cause the American people for generations to come to pick up the deficits that those loopholes cause." and on and on. Pund the dais, point the finger at the people and things that have the American people angry, NOT other candidates.

Edwards and Clinton both have the opportunity to do exactly this. Obama has eliminated that option with his 'Hope' campaign. If he adopts the other, he will be attacked for back-tracking on his campaign base, and it will only add weight to the argument that he is too inexperienced. The other two if confronted with the question as to why didn't they do this from the start, can weasel it...and say they always felt that way and the time was not right yet, yada yada: If Obama tries that tactic then he will have admitted that his initial stand as the candidate of Hope and unity was a fraud.

At any rate I firmly believe that what I have stated comes very, very near to what the populace feels right now, and has felt since before 2006. It explains the overwhelming disatisfaction with the Democratic Congress...they expected action, they did not get it!

[XemaSab]

1. It's a fine line though: 1 in 5 voters voted for the Bushreich but now regrets it

You don't want to alienate these people. :(

[Didereaux]

3. Indeed. Also ther is a very EXCELLENT way in which Obama can adopt this and win, but I will ...

wait and see if one of his genius members of the Kiddie Army can figure it out!

As you said though it is a fine line. But the difference between the Bushreich line and this is, that they blamed POSSIBLE catasprophies would be brought down upon us by ALL democrats, and then would attack specific opponents on very personal, non issue things. I have never given much credence to the term collective intelligence of the 'common sense of the people', neither is true. But they do learn lessons(they simply do not remember them for very long), and they have been made fools of by the people they supported, those who voted for Bush&Co and supported all the crap have had to admit to friends, family and the neighborhood that Bush/Cheney lied and that the administration is at the very least incompetent...Katrina and the anthrax incident proved to them that the failures abroad were not do to foreigners, but to deceit and incompetence at home. One thing you never want to do as a politician is ever cause your supporter to be publicly embarrassed or humiliated, their anger is that of a jilted lover and lasts as long.

So the time is right fro a non Republican(and that includes a third party) candidate to latch onto those feelings of anger and run with it!

[Sarah Ibarruri]

2. I agree! The electorate is very angry!.....

They're angry for being lied to by Repukes all these years.

Now they're angry that the Democrats that took the house are friendly to Bush and don't want to impeach the criminal.


I agree.... the best candidate is a very angry one. That candidate's feelings would match those of the voters.