I think our biggest problem is that our candidates and officials, from the President on down, do not take enough credit for all that we have accomplished. The President goes out and mentions good economic numbers in a Rose Garden announcement that 99% of Americans will never see. Republican Congressmen only bring up good news when they are appearing before "safe" audiences. The fact is, there is good news on the economy, good news on the War on Terror, and good news everywhere. Problem is, no one wants to talk about it, not even those responsible for it.
So the Democrats come out swinging, repeat their lies over and over again, and we don't even try to reubt them, except maybe from the friendly confines of the Sean Hannity show.
We had the same problem in 2004, and, quite frankly, were it not for the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and the Democrats' Own-Goal on the forged documents, John Kerry would be President today.
I give zero credit to the Bush campaign, the RNC, and pretty much anyone else in politics whose area code starts with 202 or 703.
I don't know what savior is going to drop down from Heaven to save us this time around.
We are not going to keep our majority this time around, and, quite frankly, if our elected officials and their overpaid media consultants don't have the guts to defend their record, they don't deserve their plush jobs.
It's a shame that the rest of us will have to suffer the bad policies of the Democrats because we elected a bunch of chickens--ts in the first place.
The fact that Bush and Congressional Republicans are poor communicators and afraid of pissing off folks, continues to be a serious problem. The media doesn't help matters of course. But its up to Bush and the GOP Congress to use the Bully Pulpit of power to spread their message to the people. If that means going over the heads of the media and appealing directly to the people, so be it.
Well-said.