The 50% battle

[Wildewolfe]

On both sides of the political spectrum there will always be 25% or so of folks so committed for what ever reason that their point of view cannot be changed.

Everyone here is pretty much in agreement that the current republicans are representative of the 25% of the right wing base that can never be moved.

The other side of the political spectrum includes a lot of us. Staunch liberals we're in the 25% on our own side.

There are lots of crys of "we won, suck it up" going on right now. It feels great, particularly after the last eight years of hell.

What everyone needs to remember though is that 50% in the middle that swings back and forth between the two extremes. We need to keep our focus. We need to keep the grassroots and netroots campaigns going. We need to keep exposing the corruption, the incompetence, the greed, the true "I hate the main street" agenda of the republican leaders, not because WE need to hear it. WE know it. 50% of this country is just waking up. We need to make sure they don't fall back asleep lulled by Faux or CNN or any of the other sources that work against us.

It's sure feels damn good to win. Now we gotta make the win mean something and that means no complacency. It will take time for President Obama to get through all of the agenda items and it will be a frustrating time. But we need to keep exposing the right for what it is and the wrongs they do for what they are just like we did for the last 8 years and never let up.

Winning was just the first step, the journey is still ahead.

[Hello_Kitty]

1. We need to pull Overton's window to the left.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window

[Wildewolfe]

5. I think there is a second part

to the theory presented in that wikipedia article as well.

Once the window moves too far in one direction as the result of extreme viewpoints, it will start to rebound in the other direction due to the absurdity of the political statements/positions on the side it's leaning towards. That's, in my opinion, where we are today.

I think we're in a prime position to move that window well to the left and the republican rhetoric if properly responded to, channeled and controlled will help propel it that way.

[leftstreet]

2. Obama ran on Hope and Change not Loan and Pawn n/t

[FrenchieCat]

4. Whatever that means!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=8194518&mesg_id=8194518

[silverojo]

3. Finally, someone who gets it!

And I've K&R'ed your post!