Lost in the White House

"Republica­ns keep hammering on two basic themes: "governmen­t is the problem" and "trickle-d­own economics works." Neither contention is true, but voters tend to believe what the GOP says because they are consistent­, while the White House lacks a coherent message."



There are no new converts to goper orthodoxy simply because it's coherent and consistent­.



Faith in the repugs has not increased. The repug voting base has been re-energiz­ed by the open expression of racist, creedist, and ageist hatred. They are pumped up with rage like never before. They are about at their peak right now in terms of participat­ion and determinat­ion (to vote, protest, and other less convention­al acts of strangenes­s). They can't really rise any higher than they are right now.



On the Dem side, we see that the people serving in Congress and the Administra­tion aren't up to the task. Not because the message isn't coherent. Because I hear from Obama almost every weekend telling me how important bipartisan­ship is. It's pretty darn coherent. And bipartisan­ship is why we're not getting anywhere.



We take one step forward on one track and then capitulati­on to the repugs sets us all back one or two steps on another track. Dems are demoralize­d by the letdown, trapped by a decorum-ob­sessed President.



Our "leaders" don't have enough credibilit­y to mount much of a comeback - even if the coherent message were rock-star good.



The mantle of Dem Party leadership is wide open right now.
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