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What would it be? As it is now, Democrats have more issues than they can manage. One issue today, another issue tomorrow, and still another issue the next day. In effect, it is divide and conquer by issues. Democrats have so many issues they don't know where to start.
In a way, Joe Scarborough was right. Democrats need to choose which issues will register with voters - not just Democratic voters but Republican voters also. Also, I think he had at least one issue that does register with voters, but Democrats have chosen the "conventional wisdom" that people don't care about it.
Many Democrats insist we should run as an anti-war Party. But, is that really a wise move? Any issue that splits the electorate is not necessrily a good issue. Many people still believe it was the right thing to do to invade Iraq and get rid of Saddam - even though we were lied into the war. It may be an issue that might tilt slightly toward our side, but not overwhelmingly.
Others insist we should keep reminding people that Hurricane Katrina should be the issue that we constantly keep at the forefront of the voters' minds. But, in reality, the only people that know for sure what it is like on the Gulf Coast and in New Orleans, are those that experience it everyday. Our knowledge of what is happening there is received thru our corporate media and newspapers. The Administration can say that they are "appropriating" $80 billion dollars to "rebuild" that area and most people are relieved to know that something is being done - whether any money is spent or not. It is unfortunate that we do not know what progress, if any, is taking place in that area of our nation.
However, the issue that most Republicans identify with, as a staple principle of their Party, is fiscal disciplne and wise spending of our tax-payer dollars. In reality, that is the "achilles heel" of the Republican Party. Because it is the issue that is most difficult to spin or distort. They can say that deficits no longer matter, but people know in their hearts and souls that that is not true.
They remember the monstrous deficits of the Reagan and Bush years. They remember how it dragged the economy down under Bush 41. Republicans simply do not like huge deficits and deficit spending. They are all fiscal conservatives - but they have to be reminded. So long as no one tells them how dangerous the deficits are, they are inclined to put their faith in the words of their leaders.
There is no way for this Adminstration to escape the reality of the numbers. They can spin the war and they can even spin Katrina, but people know that numbers tend to be factual. That doesn't keep the Adminstration from attempting to put the best face on the debt and the huge deficts. For example, they are now putting out numbers thru their new CBO punk that the deficit will "only" be
$325 billion this year! It has dropped 25%! But the sad truth is that deficit is still larger than all other deficits in history.
All voters, Democrats and Repubs, know there is no free lunch. The actual defict is closer to $600 billion per year. We are easily going into debt more than a $trillion dollars every two years? We cannot continue and survive as nation. The Administration lies cannot cover up this fact. We have to make some serious choices and soon. The fate of the nation is in your hands.
This is the issue, no matter that some may say is too boring and difficult to comprehend, that rings the loudest with Republican voters. If given the facts in a straight-forward and honest way, they will not support continued Republican governance. Democrats should ignore the Republican "propaganda " that wants the citizens to believe that "deficits don't matter". They matter greatly. We must take back control of our government.
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