Reply #16: Aggression is fine, but the deck is stacked so it will be misrepresented [View All]

[jpgray]

Believe me, I don't have the magic strategy for Dem behavior--I do know we can't get away with what the Republicans can. We just don't have any slack with the media--we don't have the control. Since we can't fight them on a level playing field, it's very hard to know when it's time for tact and when it's time for no-holds-barred aggression. Sometimes neither works--we certainly had a mix of both during the buildup to war. Folks like Kucinich or Byrd were sharply contrasting with Lieberman, etc.

In short, it will be very difficult to be aggressive without looking like the vicious partisan, and difficult to be tactul without looking like the spineless twit. We just don't seem to be able to control our image, and that's pretty fatal when TV news is so important.