I’ve said many times lately, the biggest threat to the Democratic Party is the Democratic Party.
They don’t seem to know how to fight, how to get out a message or how to stand on principle.
So they look like they don’t have any fight, any message or any principles.
And they just don’t seem to get it….
Here is a great article from Mark Sumner at DailyKos on how, after being destroyed in the 2008 elections, the GOP came back to take control of the House in 2010.
And it may only get worse…
What happened in 2010? Poll after poll showed that Americans still held Republicans more to blame for the failure of the economy, still liked them less than the Democrats. The public agreed with Democratic ideas, favored progressive positions on issues across the board. Only that same public voted for Republicans.
Why? Because at least the Republicans seemed to know what they stood for. They weren’t afraid to put out their message and not treat it like a poor relative they were embarrassed to know. They didn’t volunteer to compromise their convictions before negotiations even started.
Compromise is not evil. America is built on the idea of compromise. But compromise is not a principle, it’s just a tactic. One that can be used wisely, or poorly. Democrats seemed willing to compromise on everything, which made it hard to believe that Democrats really believed in anything. Politically, that’s about as attractive as a possum that’s been run over by a semi.
More: Daily Kos: And have not love.
Lost in the 21st Century 
All this is true. I would add, it was the first election without ACORN, it was the first election with the Tea Party – essentially there were two parties running against us, and we were put on the defense by the town hall fiasco, and never recovered.
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