DemFromCT has posted to the front page the case for the Dems not having a national agenda for Congressional candidates. DemFromCT quotes Tom Shaller saying that a Dem agenda will provide something to distract from GOP failures.
I feel the Dems should have an agenda and the grassroots should push the party to articulate the agenda.
My logic rests on two points:
1. The powerful interest groups, like the Israel lobby, the medical-industrial complex, and others have extracted promises from the Dem leadership. The grassroots are chumps to support the party without extracting some commitments.
2. The Dems will really fuck-up governing if they merely try to govern without making mistakes and without pissing off interest groups.
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