Charles Pierce's Take On The FL Results: "Run as Democrats-They're going to make you do it anyway."

[kpete]

WHAT DEMOCRATS SHOULD LEARN FROM THEIR LOSS IN FLORIDA


By Charles P. Pierce

"If you want to take any lesson from the election in Florida, take this one. Defend the law. Defend it on the basis of the fact that millions of people no longer face economic ruin because a member of their family might get sick. Defend the law on the basis of economic populism; marry your support for the law to an increase in the minimum wage, Elizabeth Warren's student-loan reform, and expanded unemployment benefits. (Tie it to this excellent idea that the president announced today.) Explain, in detail, why expanding Social Security makes sense in a stalled economy. Defend the law on the basis of the fact that the Republicans have absolutely nothing to offer on the issue; the Coburn plan is a "plan" for the sake of having a "plan." It has no chance of ever becoming law.

"Fix what's wrong," conceded too damn much. There weren't enough "independents" voting in that election to make a difference. Run as Democrats. They're going to make you do it anyway."

http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/florida-special-election-031214

[HockeyMom]

1. Welcome to Collier County

where your choice is Republican A, Republican B, or Independent C. None of the above. I don't vote.

[winter is coming]

2. That should be the mantra for all of 2014. n/t

[villager]

3. It was like I used to say about surveillance, back when there was still some denial we were all

...being, or going to be, spied upon:

"Be worthy of their surveillance. Earn your file."

Because they are going to do it anyway.

[phantom power]

4. Truman knew

I've seen it happen time after time. When the Democratic candidate allows himself to be put on the defensive and starts apologizing for the New Deal and the fair Deal, and says he really doesn't believe in them, he is sure to lose. The people don't want a phony Democrat. If it's a choice between a genuine Republican, and a Republican in Democratic clothing, the people will choose the genuine article, every time; that is, they will take a Republican before they will a phony Democrat, and I don't want any phony Democratic candidates in this campaign.
--Harry S. Truman

[woo me with science]

5. If you have to debate whether you want to "run as" a Democrat,

it's time to step aside for a real Democrat.

[cui bono]

6. Most people don't know what a Democrat is any more. n/t

[WoodyM90]

13. As one who grew up during the Great Depression,

I don’t think we have had a real Democrat for a president since Lyndon Johnson.
Most of them have republican lite.

[cui bono]

16. I would pretty much agree with that.

Maybe Carter...

Welcome to DU!

[The Magistrate]

7. That, Ma'am, Is So True It Hurts To Laugh

"As well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb."

[Douglas Carpenter]

8. the last 30 to 40 years have proven that the farther to the right the Democratic Party moves the

more they are accused of being wild eyed leftist

[WillyT]

9. HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!!

[kpete]

10. always welcome

and thanks for the HUGE K&R
peace to you WillyT
kp

[WillyT]

11. Anytime...

[onethatcares]

12. How does an ex executive

of Bank of America act like a Democrat?

something just doesn't compute.

[KG]

14. she lost because she stunk as a candidate.

period. end of story.

[quaker bill]

15. Things do not change

last time out she lost to a fraudster as big as any ever busted.