US Democrats strategy for defeating Pres. Bush

[HankMorgan]

EneME, who's no enemy of mine, pushed my class warfare button last night I got to thinking about
the way the Democrats view President Bush and his supporters. Allow me to state the obvious that
there are some voters who will vote for a Democratic candidate no matter what and some voters
who will vote for a Republican candidate no matter what. The battle is for the swing voters who
at the moment lean Republican if the 2002 mid-term election and the recent polls are any indication.

All along from Vice President Gore rolling his eyes in the debate until the present time an
assumption or belief that President Bush and his supporters are stupid. There may be one or
two denizens of che-lives (long may it prosper) who share this opinion. And all along President
Bush has been defeating his opponents. His support remains strong.

Now if the Democrats are to retake the White House in 2004 they must convince enough of the
voters they think are stupid to join their cause. How does one convince a voter that one thinks
is stupid to join their cause? Is it by using arguments like the class warfare argument, that only
the rich got tax cuts? Is it by arguing that the tax cuts the rich received should be abolished?
I'm not rich and I received a tax cut. Does that mean the Democrats are calling me rich and
that they want to increase my taxes?

The class warfare argument is an insult to anyone who can understand their paycheck. The
assumption is I must be stupid.

My question is this:

Should the Democrats continue to assume President George Bush and his supporters are
stupid? Should the Democrats continue to under estimate the President and campaign
as if the voters are stupid?

OR

Is it time to take the President seriously and campaign as if logic and reason will sway the
voters?

(Before I get beat up over the deficits, let me just say I think deficit spending is a disaster.
The budget needs to be cut. The goal is to reduce the bite the government puts on the
middle and lower income tax payers not just reduce taxes. Again, I never worry about
the rich. They can take care of themselves.)

[dancingoutlaw]

The Dems are not going to win. Maybe I will eat these words in a year but I believe it true. There is noone on the Dems side that the Charisma or beleif system too win. Dean is too liberal for Suburbia. Kerry although a Vietnam Vet is distancing himself from the recent actions in Iraq which he voted approval for. Leiberman is Conservative enough( to conservative for me in fact) but I don't think that America is ready for a Jewish President. I don't want to be misrepresented spewing hate... I just don't think that America can handle it...heck JFK was Roman Catholic and still seen by some as the ruination of everything American and by others as a saint among men. But unfortunately I beleive that against all hope that Bush will be elected again... and by a landslide. For real this time no funny business in Florida. It is year away and I reserve that right to a recall :)

[Ghost Writer]

The problem with the democrats campaigning in a reasonable and logical manner has everything to do with their astounding lack of both virtues. Have they ever acted in a logical or reasonable manner? I can't remember a time in my life when they have.

[Umoja]

I want to be one of the first to say, that Bush and his toadies are some of the smartest politicans America has seen in ages. I've yet to meet a sizable majority of Easterners who actually throw a lot of support behind Bush, but yet this guy is still on top.

The Democrats, in all truth, don't stand a chance. They've stood back, and taken their beatings, but gained nothing from it. The problem is, that although the Democrats seem more "inline" with the populace then the Republicans, the Republicans can get more down to Earth with people. Most people don't like the idea of a Presidential Canidate who KNOWS and ACTS smarter then you, to the extent that you seem stupid, so why not run a guy who seems stupid?

[blackemma]

I will never understand why such a big deal is made of who wins American elections. Has no one deduced that the whole system is a joke? *sigh* "Maybe if I vote for Nader, capitalism will be destroyed..."