Saturday, June 17, 2006

Digby,

and so on-point that I'll just quote him verbatim:
    Democrats can ignore this and fret about the immature and distasteful grassroots --- or they can start giving their base a reason to vote for them. Mid-terms are about turn-out. Until rank and file Dems see that their party won't just excuse, enable and endorse GOP policies they have no reason to get off the couch.

    Let's be clear about this: if we lose this fall, it will not be because the "war colored glasses" crowd was immature and failed to behave properly at the debutante ball. It will be because the Democratic establishment blew off its own voters in order to please David Broder and the stale DC punditocrisy --- the same thing they have been doing for more than a decade and losing.

    Don't look at us. We're trying to get Democratic voters charged up about being Democrats again. Pissing and moaning because Joe Lieberman is facing a primary challenge is having the opposite effect. If we lose, it will be because the party establishment once more showed contempt for Democratic voters --- a fatal error the Republicans never ever make.
If you saw the rock star reception John Kerry received at the Take Back America conference last week, you know that's exactly what Kerry is doing - taking his case directly to the voters, who are grateful to be spoken to in a serious and straightforward way. The deep dark secret behind Kerry's fundraising success is the respect he shows his supporters.

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