This from U.S. News:
No Doubt About It, Democrats Are a pretty happy bunch these days. President Bush's poll numbers are heading south because of Iraq and Hurricane Katrina. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's indictment on alleged campaign finance violations compounds the woe, as does Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist's questioning by federal investigators about his stock sales. . . .
But wait. Before voters decide to throw the bums out, don't they have to know what they're buying into next? In 1994, Gingrich & Co. produced a "Contract With America" to let the voters in on their plan for governing. Today's Democratic agenda is somewhere between hate for George W. Bush and disdain for George W. Bush. That's not enough for a party looking to revive itself as a governing entity. People already know what they are voting against; they need to know what they're voting for. [my empahsis]
What is the basic problem?
Every presidential wannabe--save for maverick Russ Feingold of Wisconsin--cast a vote against Roberts. They knew that a vote for Roberts could kill them, at least with the all-important left-leaning primary voters. They are allowed no flexibility in their views. Indeed, when Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid announced his vote against Roberts, the outside groups claimed to be his body snatchers. "He got the message loud and clear, didn't he?" Kim Gandy, president of the National Organization for Women, crowed to the New York Times. Reid, who is not running for president, might be wise to ban Gandy from his office; Democratic presidential candidates have no such luxury.
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