Reply #8: Sorry.... [View All]

[FrenchieCat]

But I'd like to think I'm in a party that can chew gum and blink their eyes at the same time. Fight wars on two fronts and solve economic problems while they are at it. discuss the 2006 Congressional elections and the 2008 Presidential elections. We need to be a full 24/7 service party....our doors should never close....subjects should never be limited. To be myopic would be failing to connect all of the dots.

Part of the problem with your lament is that the 2008 Republican candidates are alraedy starting to line themselves up NOW (check out McCain in NH on C-Span). Sen. Hagel is also doing some "fingerinthewind" testing. Should these Republican candidates be allowed to define themselves in the voters' minds and establish distinct identities, while Democrats play political etiquette while waiting by the door? I just don't think so.

The advantage that an incumbent has is that he/she is familiar to the voters. Now if Repugs start out too much earlier than Democrats, we will have a similar problem although the 2008 election is supposed to be the first election whereas no incumbent or VP is running. The last time that happened was in 1952!

We must allow our prospective Dem candidates to come out and make a name for themselves. They must be bold and agressive....a trait that voters obviously find admirable.

But first things first....we must discuss who the potential candidates are as we are doing. We cannot allow the media and the Republicans to decide who will run from our camp.

This election was not a funeral. No one has to wait till the corpses are cold.

I would like to see candidates declare the day after ignauguration day......

It's all about having whatever edge we can find....and that's not going to be ours if we are just going to "wait till the time is right".

Timidity and hesitancy will not win us an election...either in 2006 or in 2008.