Dems Ponder How to Bounce Back "Where the Democrats fell down is that their energy was about the fact they hated Bush. That doesn't get you anywhere in politics. At the end of the day, you've got to have a vision and agenda and that wasn't spelled out. I think that's what they've got to search their souls for."

"Democrats need to do what Republicans did a while back and articulate a clear, compelling governing vision for the country."

I suggest something besides: Bush sucks, Bush was AWOL decades ago, Bush lied (but we all believed him and oh overlook that we said similar things before he was in office)

Clinton to Dems: Don’t whine, work on image "The last two-term Democratic president said the party needs to rework its image and it would be “a mistake for our party to sit around and ... whine about this and that or the other thing." "

Poll: Voters List Priorities for Second Term "voters say his first priority should be resolving the situation in Iraq, where the fighting is growing more intense.

They also want Bush to cut the deficit, which ballooned under his watch, rather than pushing for more tax cuts, according to an Associated Press poll taken right after the election.

The voters' concerns stood in contrast to the priorities Bush cited after he defeated Democrat John Kerry. Bush pledged to aggressively pursue major changes in Social Security (search), tax laws and medical malpractice awards. Terrorism was a chief concern both for Bush and many voters in the poll."

...."Seven in 10 voters, including a majority of Democrats, would prefer that U.S. troops to stay in Iraq until the country is stable, instead of having them leave immediately."

Regards,
Mark