I'm trying to figure out how I feel about this. I think it's a good thing. Making the Democratic party more moderate is not the answer to its failures this last election. You can't out-Republican the Republicans. Don't try. The Democrats need to get some balls, have a coherent agenda, make an organized case to voters, and show the Republican leadership to be the utter sleaze they are. Dean's certainly showed he's not afraid of confrontation, and I don't imagine he'll let the party drift center. Hopefully, Dean will do well. I don't think reversing Republican gains in 2006 is necessarily realistic (I dunno...I haven't looked at which Senators are up for re-election). Probably keeping status quo is the only reasonable goal. It's going to take a bit of time to build the same kind of infrastructure the Republicans already have (think tanks, direct-mail/mass PR compaigns, etc.), but it's doable. I suspect even having any hope of a Democratic President in 2008 is unrealistic (Hillary, though more politically savvy than Kerry, can't win, Obama's too junior and, you know, black...who else is there?). With any luck we'll have Arnold rather than Frist.
God, what a depressing choice...
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