Reply #26: It's ok that we have a difference of opinion. [View All]

[LWolf]

The point of this thread was not really to argue about that difference; I've long accepted that most of the world disagrees with me, lol.

The point is this: My mom, and others like her, who are not nearly as stubbornly independent and idealistic as I, who've been loyal dem voters for the long term, are not votes that can be taken for granted this time out.

The party is losing them, and their votes. Disagreeing with them isn't going to solve that dilemma.

Is this a concern? If not, then read no further.

If so, then what can be done to keep those votes? I'm telling you that you can disagree all you want, and that won't change anything. How much of a concern is the loss of those votes? Enough of a concern to do something to earn back that support, or not?

If yes, what, exactly, would convince those people to vote Democratic in '08? I can tell you that fear tactics and campaign propaganda won't do it. Do Democrats have anything else left to work with?