http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/09/opinion/l09dems.html?_r=1&oref=login<snip>
To the Editor:
I am mystified by the media's repeated depiction of the Democrats as an idea-less, inept political party.
In fact, minimal research reveals a party that has long promoted a specific and progressive agenda, rich with creative policy thinking on every subject — from the war, the economy and the environment to Social Security and health care reform.
Now, before the crucial midterm election campaign has even begun, your front page trumpets Democratic remorse over "missed opportunities." Worse yet, the Republican-promoted myths that some party leaders are angry (Hillary Rodham Clinton) and others "flawed messengers" (Howard Dean, John Kerry, Al Gore) are presented as if they were fact.
I am waiting to read a front-page headline and article that state that Republicans may have to struggle to overcome both their own weak record and a strong Democratic platform in the 2006 midterm elections.