DLC, Penn’s Poll & Election Issues

It’s a working weekend for me. I read about this poll in my local paper which my employer is good enough to carry a subscription to, otherwise I wouldn’t read it.

It’s not worth the price. And while it’s interesting to go over the last few days’ editions and see which AP articles the editors decided to print, I’m usually disgusted by how much isn’t there rather than impressed by what is.

Anyway. There was an article about this poll so I went to the DLC site and found it.

1,225 people were polled? That information wasn’t included in the article I read, laughable numbers aside, what the piece did do well was reinforce the DLC message that the antiwar candidates are wrong, period. End of discussion. Democrats need to get tough on security.

I couldn’t agree more. I am bored and bordering on embarrassment for liberals everywhere reading about Gephardt and Dean and Kerry arguing tax cuts, health care, and what is and isn’t a real Democrat. Who cares. Does anyone want to hear about rolling back the tax cuts when George is telling us there are checks in the mail? While universal health care would be great, in my opinion cheaper in the long-run than the current system, is this the time to be trading insults over it, on an almost daily basis, especially when it’s not an issue that can be reduced to a simple pro or con message people can easily rally behind?

I want to talk about security. I want to hear what these Democrats are going to do better than George to make this country a safer place to live.

Where I disagree with the DLC and several of the candidates is on what that message should be and how it should be presented. And it doesn’t include giving Bush & Co. a pass on their use of ‘murky intelligence’.

To be continued…