Analysts: Dems should look to the Southwest

Rocky Mountain News ^ | November 6, 2004 | Jim Tankersley, Rocky Mountain News

[Ginifer]

This just shows how delusional they really are by thinking if you dress a sheep in wolves clothing it will convince the voters. It's moral, standards, ethics, etc., not "let's pretend".

[dr_who_2]

Yeah, like Molly Ivins comes off as "authentic".

[Carry_Okie]

Yep. Enroll another indentured constituency, bringing more people in bondage to the state.

The Slave Party has no shame.

[sarasotarepublican]

So we are to believe that the democrats are going to send out a midwestern, cowboy hats and boots. Humm sounds like they are looking for another GWB.

[ken5050]

I agree completely..southwestern part of France is lovely..great beaches..Cannes...temperate climate...great food and wine..Dems definitely should explore it..

[VRWCTexan]

Quote....exit polls indicated that low-income voters narrowly preferred Salazar over Republican Pete Coors but widely choose President Bush over Kerry...?

Big oversight in this article - a a higher percentage of the Christian Right vote went to Salazar over "Coors" (as compared to other races) due to the big time beer connection and the fact that Coors beer has recently sponsored "gay" celebrations

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

So we are to believe that the democrats are going to send out a midwestern, cowboy hats and boots. Humm sounds like they are looking for another GWB.

... and yet, oddly: I sense, somehow -- oh, call me psychic! -- that the Euroweenie press would never, ever condescendingly refer to such a 'Rat (if elected) as being a "cowboy"; even were he to give the State of the Union while wearing spurs and twirling a pair of six-shooters. :)

[Jibaholic]

These articles are amusing. I'm a born-again Christian living in Massachusetts, and I was only saved about 4 months ago. About two months after my baptism I switched from being a Democrat to a Republican. The liberals (which includes many of my friends) just don't get it. They always think they can get away with lying to America. Running a secularist in cowboy boots will not fool anyone.

[AntiGuv]

Not to quibble, but Cannes is in southeastern France.

[Woogit]

The Dems SHOULD look to the South and the South West and when they do...MAY THEY SEE RED!!!!

[G.Mason]

"Analysts: Dems should look to the Southwest"

Wrong again.

Dims should look to the East.

Like France, Germany, Belgium ... well you get the idea. ;)

[Zarro]

You got that right. It's really amazing....I was reading this article about Dem depression, which was linked from Drudge: AP Story

This quote really got my attention:

Jenny Backus, a Democratic consultant, said the election was closer than Bush's 3.5 million-vote victory makes it seem. She suggested a swing to Kerry of 100,000 votes in Ohio would have given him the presidency.

Still, she said, "I think we can do a better job - and I don't blame this on Kerry, it's just something constitutionally we haven't done - of talking more about our values and love of country."

Talking about their values and love of country! They really do not get it. They lost to a man who lives his values and love of country. But, now, they want to "talk about it". They are a joke and seem set on extinction.

[wouldntbprudent]

And I thought they hated cowboys.

[MMcC]

I actually think the analysis is correct. If they want to win, the Dems will have to run a candidate that plays well somewhere besides the NE and West Coast. They have a MUCH better chance of flipping the SW states than the Deep South. They would also have to run a more moderate candidate... which is a good thing for everyone.

The question is, will a candidate like that make it out of the primaries? They will probably nominate Hillary and watching her go down in flames and taking down the Dem party as we know it will be a beautiful thing to behold.

[WOSG]

Molly Ivins plays the part of "leftwing nutcase" fairly convincingly.

3 days after the election and they are giving democrats advice on how to win ... eh???

[WOSG]

yeah a swing of 100,000 votes win give Kerry ohio ... but a swing of 100,000 votes to Bush in WI, NH and ME-2 would have given him 15 more electoral voes. and 200,000 more and he would have won PA.

IF Bush convincingly leads so that we win in Iraq and defeat terrorists, if we reduce the deficit and grow the economy, and nominate good judges ... the GOP majority will only grow.

[WOSG]

Their cluelessness about how talking doesnt cut it is now laughable. It's like the old line

"A politician needs sincerity, and if you can fake that, you've got it made!"

Fits Clinton-era Democrats to a T.

[WOSG]

This is more proof that the moderate Republicans are wrong about how to attract swing voters... a message combining social conservative and free market views - the REAGAN formula - is the formula for success in most of the country.

[madison46]

The Southwest is made up of alot of GOP refugees from CA. Most of the new DL's in CO are from CA I believe

[eggman]

Talking about their values and love of country! They really do not get it. They lost to a man who lives his values and love of country. But, now, they want to "talk about it". They are a joke and seem set on extinction.

Yes, they do not understand that values and morality require more than appearences and lip service. The reason Kerry lost was not because he didn't talk the talk, it was because he didn't walk the walk.

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