What numerical grade do you give to the Democratic Party?

[firefox]

It just occurred to me of a big question that I have never read here on DU. There really is a companion question that needs to be asked first. If you were to grade the condition of the country just like a school teacher grades from 0 to 100, how would you rate the condition of the country compared to what your idea of a practical perfection would be? This might be a kind of a State of the Union grade instead of the speech that starts out with "The state of our union is strong."

But since this is DU, the most appropriate question might be "On a scale of 0 to 100 with 70 being acceptable/passing and with 100 being uber-wonderful, how would you grade the performance of the Democratic Party on the Federal level?"

I will be going to sleep now. I look foward to reading the responses.

[Rowdyboy]

1. I'd give them an 81....C to C+ with a few members getting an A+

and a few F's sprinkled in for good measure. 81 is passing. nothing to be proud about, lots of improvemnt need, but passing.

[Canuckistanian]

3. That's what i was gonna say...

C+.
Some good points, but lacking in the basics. Please endeavour to acheive your goals in a timely manner. Avoid daydreaming and blaming classmates for your own failures. And above all, take advantage of opportunities to advance!

[Rowdyboy]

4. If you're not a teacher, you should be....You certainly have the jargon

down pat. My partner is giving it upo next June-30 years of imparting knowledge to young brains has left him....well.........ready for "new challenges".....ANY new challenges. Like a greeter at Wal-Mart, or second shift at KFC-just no more students!

[Canuckistanian]

8. Well, my wife was a teacher

She learned me real good.

[Rowdyboy]

9. Pardon me, but don't you mean....

"She learnt me real good"?.....

(hopefully, grammatical sarcasm comes across clearly)

[Canuckistanian]

11. Sorry, I'm too busy putting food on my family to learn grammar

But I always wonder, is our children learning?

[Rowdyboy]

12. Is our children learning which?

Enquiring minds wants to no.....

on edit: I'm just glad you have the food to put on your children! Thank President Bush you engreat!

[Canuckistanian]

14. My children aren't learnin' no whichcraft

They gets a good christain edjucayshun. We use knives and forks here!

[Rowdyboy]

15. Furriners are all commonists! "I can look into your eyes and read

your heart", just like my president. You're a commonist!!!!

Your so dum, you can't even spel edukayshun, Friepar

[Nostradammit]

6. Passing?

They've lost the Presidency, the Senate, the House, and now the Supreme Court.

Some kind of curve with the two party system?

:wtf:

[Rowdyboy]

7. I assumed the question referred to the Democratic party of today....

Not the party of 1994 which lost the congress, not the party of 2000 that allowed Republicans to steal the White House.

Its certainly not the fault of Democrats that Republicans have placed 7 of 9 supreme court justices on the court. I chose not to place blame, but if you 're asking for my opinion, I blame Nader for screwing the election of 2000. Al Gore would have appointed justices that would have led to an inclusive society with equal rights for gays like me but he never had the chance. Nader's ego made him fight hard for Florida and gave him over 90,000 votes. Bush "won" (HAHAHAHAHA!) by 518.

You do the math.

[Nostradammit]

10. I blame them for allowing the media to choose John Kerry

A passionless fish in a tempest. And I blame them for their voting on the IWR. If I, as a common citizen, can see that giving George Fucking Bush a shiny new war is a bad, bad idea, why couldn't they? And I blame them for their endless favors to the mega-corporations.

And on, and on, and on.

[formernaderite]

20. Is it a different party? The faces look very familiar

have for years....maybe we should kick them all out.
My grade: D

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[NVMojo]

5. A 65 ....

we need to work harder at developing a cohesive message and growing huevos and using them.

[ladylibertee]

13. Because I have a clear mind and understand their motives and

intentions; and because I can look objectivly at the bigger picture,I would have to give them a 92% which is still an A.

[malachibk]

16. 60. Everybody fails except the CBC who get 100s across the boards.

I'm a harsh grader, though. It only takes 1 stance/event to drop you to an F. Case in point -- H. Clinton was hovering around a 65 until she said she's like to see 80,000 more troops in Iraq. Automatic 0.

[OzarkDem]

17. I'll defer to the voters - a 48

The only true national measure of the Dem party right now is the support of voters for Dems in Congress.

I can give them a higher score, but what counts is whether they can win elections.

[Armstead]

18. 60 -- But individually some get 100 and otehrs get 0

It's hard to give them a cumulative grade. If there were more like Conyers, Boxer, Kennedy, Kucinich etc. it'd be more like 90. But the overall score is dragged down by those who are on the acceptable borderline (Hillary) and those who ought to be moderate Republicans.

[Toots]

19. It is hard to grade without material, they get an incomplete from me

and pretty soon it will turn to an F if they don't start turning in some work....

[blindpig]

21. about 55 on average

with a small handful of "A" students keeping the average from dropping to the floor.

[npincus]

22. Underchievers.... F

Failure for not meeting their potential and effecting positive results.

Were they TRYING and por-active instead of re-active, I could re-evaluate.

[xchrom]

23. a ''c''. or a 50.

and it seems to me that a ''c'', or a 50{something in the middle but not noticeable} is what they are trying to achieve.

nothing that looks like they are ambitious or effective or very aggressive.