I completely agree that Democrat’s suffer the problem of not knowing how to market a message. While the stimulus and TARP prevented a depression and a world financial meltdown, and healthcare reform is beneficial to all, neither the President, nor Congressional Democrats, nor Progressive pundits forcefully illustrated this in a manner Americans could understand. Instead they allowed the Republicans to frame a plausible lie hourly throughout the Right Wing Echo Chamber (Fox News, Talk Radio, & Right Wing Blogs). If Americans here the same message over and over, the gullibility index dictates its belief.
There are two weeks left for the election which is really an eternity. If the message is made strong, definitive, and constant, we can put the fear of the ills of GOP policies in enough people to have a positive outcome. The message must be:
- Republicans will maintain regulation to continue the outsourcing of your jobs.
- Republicans will remove the $10,000 support to college students.
- Republican will allow health insurance companies to cancel health policies allowing possible bankruptcy.
- Republicans will allow health insurance companies to deny coverage for pre-existing conditions.
- Republicans will allow banks to rip you off with unfair credit card and loan practices.
- Republicans will remove regulation and lower minimum wages and your overall wages.
- Republican will attempt to privatize social security and Medicare threatening your retirement and health.
One can easily come up with 50+ items that materially affects the middleclass. Stating these facts in a well done commercial in a hospital, on a college campus, at a factory, and many other venues with the appropriate voice overs would make Americans think even if they thought they were doing the right thing.
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WASHINGTON — Two weeks before Election Day, Democrats fear their grip on the House may be gone, and Republicans are poised to celebrate big gains in the Senate and governors’ mansions as well.
Analysts in both parties say all major indicators tilt toward the Republicans. President Barack Obama’s policies are widely unpopular. Congress, run by the Democrats, rates even lower. Fear and anger over unemployment and deep deficits are energizing conservative voters; liberals are demoralized.
Private groups are pouring huge sums of money into GOP campaigns. An almost dizzying series of Democratic messages has failed to gain traction, forcing Obama to zigzag in search of a winning formula.
At a Democratic rally in Boston on Saturday, Obama acknowledged that the enthusiasm of his presidential run two years ago may have faded in the face the country’s economic problems. And he said Republicans believe they can "ride people’s anger and frustration all the way to the ballot box."
"There is no doubt that this is a difficult election, Obama told the crowd of 10,000. "That’s because we’ve been through an incredibly difficult time as a nation."
With early voting under way in many states, Democrats are trying to minimize the damage by concentrating their resources on a dwindling number of races.
"The poll numbers and the enthusiasm on the right versus the lack of the enthusiasm on the left suggest a pretty big Republican night," said former Nebraska Sen. Bob Kerrey, who once headed the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.
With Democrats in power while the unemployment rate stands at 9.6 percent, "it’s difficult to say, ‘Well it could have been worse,’" Kerrey said.
Polls, campaign finance reports and advisers in both parties indicate that Republicans are in line to seize on a level of voter discontent that rivals 1994, when the GOP gained the House majority for the first time in 40 years. Democrats are embattled at every level.
