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| 2010-11-09 |
| Commentary by several folks, including Rove and other pundits. Some Trunk is begging Pelosi to stay - more, faster! I liked the opinion of Martin Frost, who was my representative when I lived in Texas, despite my voting for the other guy. Specifically, congressional Democrats must insist that Obama and the people around him stop thinking and acting like out-of-touch suburban white liberals and figure out how to connect with mainstream America. They don't want to connect, Martin, only to direct. There were two main examples during the campaign this fall - their preoccupation with the subject of corporate campaign money (something the average voter couldn't care less about) and their frequent visits to college campuses, speaking to young people who don't vote in off-year elections. Couldn't sell their messages - Trunk contributions are bad and you lazy kids need to go vote for me again. They should have been focusing on the economic woes of middle-class, blue-collar voters and the insecurity of senior citizens. Their campaigning fell flat, and we got killed in the heartland of America. Heartland, schmartland! pass the camerbert, please. Congressional Democrats must tell the White House that it had better focus on job creation and retirement security the next two years and leave campaign finance reform to the wine-and-cheese crowd. It's time for the president to stop being a college professor Nobody will listen to Martin; he's a has-been from Texas. |
| Posted by:Bobby |