tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494384.post8081872243981081206..comments2024-03-04T04:09:01.839-06:00Comments on And Doctor Biobrain's Response Is...: The Upside of Political MistakesDoctor Biobrainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01641661532899934766noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494384.post-29417904722999759932008-06-09T12:15:00.000-05:002008-06-09T12:15:00.000-05:00The justifiable confidence Obama can have going in...The justifiable confidence Obama can have going into the general, may not apply to the broader Democratic Party. <BR/><BR/>If they keep voting to not lose on issues like FISA and Iraq it won't help. If congressional democrats keep playing defense and searching for the middle ground on torture, illegal wiretapping, protecting corporate lawbreakers and funding a colonial adventure, they will disappoint an excited base and hurt Obama's chances. The new voters that Obama attracts won't vote for democrats despite what the party does. The party has to deliver on change to keep these voters.<BR/><BR/>Obama can win despite a confused congress, but the party as a whole may not enjoy long-term success unless they can (at least appear to) solve some of the huge problems we are facing.<BR/><BR/>McCain is absurd talking about change. Perhaps if it's a coherent campaign strategy to have McCain use Obama's platform, it is one to make the whole concept of change seem ridiculous, to sow cynicism among undecided voters in the hopes that fear can come back as a the central emotion for electoral decisions.Grants Specialisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16130860718294683101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494384.post-63879990399249284262008-06-09T01:54:00.000-05:002008-06-09T01:54:00.000-05:00And now that the DNC will be funded by the grass r...And now that the DNC will be funded by the grass roots, Barack Obama's party will be a governing majority for a generation at least.<BR/><BR/>What John McCain needs to do is find a dignified way to lose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com