Greg Sargent has bad news for Dems:
"But still, the enthusiasm deficit remains enormous, even though Dems have tried everything to turn this around:
"But still, the enthusiasm deficit remains enormous, even though Dems have tried everything to turn this around:
They've chanted Bush's name in unison for months.
They've raised the specter of foreign money rigging our elections.
They've floated the possibility of GOP investigations that will make the 1990s look like a latter-day Era of Good Feelings.
And they've relentlessly elevated the craziest of Tea Party crazies to iconic status.
Yet Dems still aren't goosed up about this election in anywhere near the numbers they need to be -- mainly because the GOP enthusiasm levels are essentially steroidal at this point.
Needless to say, there isn't really any more time to turn this around."
Needless to say, there isn't really any more time to turn this around."
Blaming Bush just ain't working anymore!
The Dems are now facing their # 1 nemesis: REALITY and GOVERNING!
It was so easy to say that Afghanistan was the right war.....
or that they would repeal "don't ask don't tell".....
or closing GITMO to improve our image overseas...
or renegotiating NAFTA.....
Yes, it was a lot of fun to be out of power and just "blame Bush" and speak in vague generalities.
They can't do that anymore because they are the ones running the show!
On Election Day 2010, the voters will cure the Dems' ails and put them out of power again......so that they can go back to blaming Bush and telling their supporters what they want to hear!
