Here we Go Again...

The New York Times (I wont even try linking, as it requires a subscription) reported today that in the next six weeks before the midterm election they would be focusing on the Republican majority's failures in ... Education? No. Health Care? No. The Deficit? No. Energy Policy? No. Environment? No.

Iraq.

This is why I find it so very very hard to identify with the Democrats some days. Not for their values, but for their dumb-ass strategies. We lost the 2004 election pounding the electorate with negative messages over Iraq. Granted, far more people now realize that Iraq is, was and continues to be a mistake, but it is not a motivating issue for voters. Sorry to say it, but we already tried this and lost.

The other reason we lose by pounding the Iraq war is that there is no solution. We tried to pass pull-out resolutions earlier this term, and low-and-behold, we were labeled as cowards. Not a good plank to run on. Further, opposing Iraq war opens a rhetoric discussion which we lose not on the merits but on the sound-bites. We say, "Iraq was wrong." They say, hear and replay, "We dont care about our national defense." As much as you and I see through that as total B.S., we are not the voters in play here.

With strategies like these and the slowly decreasing price of petrol, Im losing confidence in this election. I need to start running campaigns.

Musical Fodder for my Writing:
"Stay (Wasting Time)" Dave Matthews Band,
Before these Crowded Streets