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Democrats Misfire As Well
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| Contributor | SC Moose |
| Last Edited | SC Moose Feb 20, 2006 01:11pm |
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| Category | Commentary |
| News Date | Saturday, February 18, 2006 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Accidentally shooting a party fundraiser and then delaying telling the press: Regrettable.
Intentionally shooting down the career of one of your party's rising stars: Really stupid.
Vice President Cheney's hunting accident last weekend struck a nerve not just because of the inherent sensationalism of a second-in-command this side of Aaron Burr firing a gun at someone, but because for critics it served as a microcosm of the administration - insularity and incompetence resulting in people getting hurt.
But when Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee leaders Charles Schumer and Harry Reid decided to pull the plug on the U.S. Senate campaign of Iraqi War veteran Paul Hackett, they unwittingly encapsulated the reasons why Democrats have been unable to capitalize on a hailstorm of Republican mistakes over the past year.
Democrats don't seem to understand that politics is perception and that campaigns need to become crusades in order to succeed. |
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