What would be the most compelling theme for any Democrat's 2006 campaign?

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[FreedomAngel82]

1. Accountability

Just like what Bush ran on in 2000 but seriously. When Dean was on CNN earlier on Kagyn's show he laid it out really well.

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2. TELL THE TRUTH

and call every damn banana republican on every damned lie they utter.

[DanCa]

3. Gop the party of convictions instead of conviction.

Imagine its election eve and you see block after block of rethug pictures and what there currently under indictment for. To the tune of jail house rock of course.

[carolinalady]

4. Responsive and Responsible Government

[Erika]

5. John Edwards: we can make a better America!

With optimism.

[Rabrrrrrr]

6. "We have our balls back and will actually do what's right and fight like

warriors who love this country instead of cowardly folding into a fetal position every time a republican questions our ability to love our country"

[henslee]

7. Fuck em. Fuck their lies. Fuck their greed. Fuck their bullying.

Fuck their character assasninations. Fuck their sweetheart contracts. Fuck their voter fraud bullshit and fixed elections. Fuck em. Fuck em. Fuck em. Fuck em.

[Douglas Carpenter]

8. Economic Justice for ALL

[Daylin Byak]

12. Dems for Congress in 2006

"The party that will stay strong with america."

Dems for Congress in 2006:

"The party that stands up for what's right in America"

Dems for Congress in 2006
"Were not like Tom Delay, we don't accept dirty money"

Good enough?

[opihimoimoi]

9. Promise you will not follow all of the Pubs Bad Decisions: which is quite

alot/list.....

Describe better Paths and Broader Views..which are Pausible, Realistic, and Reachable...

[DemInDistress]

10. I'd like to see the "death of the permanent tax cut"

as well as a Social Security inspection.I heard dim son took 180
billion dollars out,last yr.139 billion,before that 170 billion.all
this out of sight sort of under the table,not included in the official
deficit.Of course Soc.Sec. will go broke,look how presidents gorge themselves {pet projects-war}.
Outsourcing our jobs importing cheap labor..
Bill Of Rights...In NYC the 4th amendment is DEAD,the 1st under assault.

[longship]

11. Iraq--Right now, Everything is Iraq. Nothing else matters.

We can talk about Katrina, and the Delay scandal, and many other issues, also. But what's driving *'s downfall in the polls is Iraq. That's should be Numero Uno on the hit parade.

Any candidate who says we should stay in Iraq, should increase troops in Iraq, or in any way supports even a smidgeon of the Repug Iraq policy is going to lose, no matter what party they're in.

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13. They are all good themes, but are any of them as compelling as "oh my god

gays might be able to get married if that guy wins" or "oh my god we're surrounded by terrorists - better stick with the party in charge" or "oh my god, that guy just wants to tax us until we have nothing left."

[niceypoo]

14. Democrats dont need slogans. They need to promise change

[Protagoras]

15. End the Neocon Corruption!

Enough Crimes. Enough Lies. Enough Bankrupting the Country. Enough Invading countries. Enough Giving your cronies jobs and massive contracts.

These people need to be in Jail. Vote them out!

[LostInAnomie]

16. A return to rationality and respectability.

Give our children a future of something other than debt.

[countmyvote4real]

17. Class warfare and the looting of our National Treasures…

That treasure includes the 2000+ lives of American military that lost their lives defending a lie that propelled US into the first preemptive war and invasion of another country in our country’s history.

It also includes billions of dollars wasted on this lie while the GOP passes laws that give tax breaks to wealthy individuals and corporations. The only people that are asked to sacrifice anything are the poor and middle classes with rising interest rates, rising gas prices that affect everything we need to subsist and the penalties of the bankruptcy bill that ensure that we fail further into economic submission.

Bushco* and the GOP are the real terrorists that threaten our Democracy. That part probably won’t play well in the heartland. Nobody likes to be accused of being unpatriotic, but I’m pretty damn well tired of it being used on me for my opposition to this war at the outset.

[EFerrari]

18. Will your vote be counted? Are you sure? n/t

[valerief]

19. We need a new sheriff to clean up this town

Clean up the lies and deception. Clean up our foreign relations. Clean up our environment. Clean up our debt. Clean up our job market. CLEAN UP OUR ACT!

[OneBlueSky]

20. "Restore Citizen Authority Over Corporations"

because it impacts everything -- elections, war and peace, energy policy, education, health care, taxation, etc. -- as long as corporations are writing our laws, they're controlling our country . . .

http://www.reclaimdemocracy.org/

[Skidmore]

21. The People First

[JNelson6563]

22. Had enough?

:toast:

[maxrandb]

23. I Hate to Imitate the "Blankers"

but I think the Dems need to come up with our own Contract for America. Maybe call it the "Promise to Save America" and emphasize the point that, unlike the Repukes, we will actually do what is promised in our pledge.

It's been 11 years since the C for A, and could someone please tell me of anything the Repukes promised in that contract that they have actually delivered on??

I say you keep it simple, easy to understand, and then you actually follow through with it. Some ideas:

- Promise to return to fiscal discipline and "pay as you go" budget policies. Return the marginal tax rate on the wealthiest Americans to the pre-Bush levels, and CUT PAYROLL AND INCOME TAXES FOR THE MIDDLE AND LOWER-CLASS.

- Within 100 days, pass legislation to stop corporate donations to political parties, or candidates. Pledge to confirm only judges that will follow the Constitution and recognize that a corporation is not a person, and does not have the same rights as a person.

- Fore go any congressional or staff pay-raises until the budget is balanced. Reign is disgusting CEO pay, and hold companies and individuals accountable for outsourcing jobs. A corporate CEO should not be rewarded for sending thousands of American jobs overseas.

- Fully fund head start and public education. Demand that excessive corporate profits, or oil company profits either be re-invested in R and D, or returned to the American people.

- Fund and implement the complete and total renovation of America's crumbling infrastructure. The tragedy in LA, MS, and AL should result in the most extensive public work program since the Great Depression.

- National Health Care. (even corporations are realizing that they can not survive if the cost of employee health care continues to rise) The answer should not be to sacrifice peoples health. It should be to reform health care.

- Promise to spend at least 75% of each year in your home state and district addressing the problems, needs and concerns of the people that sent you to DC.

Those are just of few OMHO.

[MadJohnShaft]

24. America Can Do Better!