The BBC finds a way to repeat some of the tired old cliches of the American Left, but does include this little parting shot at the Dems:
The Democrats need a message and a new way of communicating that message to a mass audience. They have neither.
And do not be fooled by those who say this malaise is structural, at this stage of the electoral cycle there isn’t a presidential candidate etc.
No, it is more than that. The American left has faded away.
Only their bumper stickers remain, like cockroaches after a nuclear holocaust.
“Re-defeat George Bush,” they whine. Not knowing, not caring that the world has changed.
The Dems have plenty of messages. But, they are all about the GOP. The Dems are generally scared to say what they really mean, and what they really stand for, at least out in the open. Higher taxes, abortion on demand, and the Nanny State, among others, are not really big winners. Remember when the Kerry campaign was whining that they needed a new slogan? What they really need are new beliefs.
