Reply #104: Democratic activism has to be targeted to the threats [View All]

[ulTRAX]

I think you're partially right. The 90's were a lost opportunity.

Given the progress the Right has made in its master plan, traditional Democratic activism isn't enough. The activism has to be tailored to the threat. The first part is to blunt the Right's offensive on creating debt, hijacking the judiciary, and free trade. To accomplish that the Democrats have to educate the public on deficits and become the Party of true fiscal responsibility. In this case the 90's were wasted. Yes Clinton got us to a balanced budget but never got out the pie charts to educate the public.

Democrats have to undermine the Right's claims that only liberal judges are "activist" judges and they only want judges that "faithfully interpret the Constitution". Democrats should have been laying the groundwork for this all though the 90's by attacking Originalism.

Last they have to work to modify existing trade agreements to level the playing field.

But the above is still defensive. There needs to be an OFFENSIVE for a positive vision of where the Democrats/Progressives want to take America.