Democrats mull whether or not to campaign against the Republicans

One side says, “We need to get out the message that it’s now really dangerous to re-empower the Republican Party."

Yet "Democrats are divided" because House and Senate members are "not wanting to do anything that smacks of nationalizing the midterm elections when high unemployment and the drop in Mr. Obama’s popularity have made the climate so hostile to Democrats."

In other words, they're worried about being attacked, and they hope that if they low-ball the election, maybe nobody will see that we're having one and they might be able to sneak back into office without anybody really noticing.

In the first place, the election is already nationalized on the issue of the economy.  If the Democrats think they can survive by pretending otherwise, they're going to get beat.

If, however, they actually went out and campaigned--if they actually went out and defended no tax cuts for plutocrats, and raked the GOP for supporting them--they might win.  

People are angry, yes, and quite properly so.  The plutocrats get bailouts and Main Street gets crumbs.  Might it be important to know:  Who are the plutocrats?  And who is helping them?

These Democrats are getting the quivers even at a time when their arguments are popular, and people hold their opponents in lower esteem than ever.  Yet, they can't wake themselves up long enough to defend themselves?   

Comments

[Hypatia]

If the election is to be decided by the economy, the Democrats have already lost. "It Could Be Worse," true or not, is nobody's rallying cry. "Those Nutty Republicans" isn't likely to go far, either. The Dems have gotten themselves in a position where they can't even promise in good faith to defend Social Security. Instead, they offer the people an inspiring choice between the party that wants to gut the program and the party that just wants to force you to work till you're seventy for fewer benefits.

[John Petty]

Which is why "the (much-derided) base" may decide to do something else on election day besides vote.