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Re: Martin's Ads speak for themselves. (none / 0)

All of the candidates agree with President Bush on some issue or another. Frost agreed with president bush on reinforced cockpit doors, airline security guards and increased security at airports. All but eight members of congress agreed. One of them opposing this was Frost's opponent, Pete Sessions.

Frost never compromised any core Democratic issues in his campaign.. even in a 65% GOP district.

by ByronUT on Thu Jan 27, 2005 at 02:09:25 AM EST
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It's the perception problem. Personally, I don't have a problem with Frost or Roemer on the issues. I gave Cynthia Matthews a contribution in her race against David Drier and she may be more conservative than either of them. I do have a problem with Salazar standing up for Gonzalez and Feinstein standing up for Rice and Lieberman shilling for Bush on the Iraq war. That's a different story.

Aside from reform, the DNC faces an image problem with the whole "liberal" paradigm promoted by Faux News and Libaugh. I see Dean as an opportunity to counter that image. Frost and Roemer play into their paradigm that the Democratic party is too liberal. We need somebody to point out that Bush and Sessions and Inhofe are total wackjobs. Not politely and circimspectly, but loudly and obnoxiously.

I would hope that Dean would be smart enough to utilize Frost if he was willing to go on the stump and be the right wing attack dog the Democratic party needs. My concern is that Frost would be restrained from making that case as DNC Chair. We need a vicious attack dog who can tear into the radical conservatives and that person probably can't be DNC Chair.

By the way, I just saw Sen. Dayton on The Daily Show and it was as good as I could have expected. "I don't like being lied to, repeatedly." is as close to straight out calling Rice a liar as I could hope for. I hope Dayton and Boxer are setting the tone for the next session of Congress.

I'm rambling and off topic, but its late. I'll quit now.

by Gary Boatwright on Thu Jan 27, 2005 at 02:40:22 AM EST
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Would Dean counter the image or rather reinforce it? I fear the latter, hence my support of Frost.

I just posted something on dKos about Frost as a MODERATE voice with a LIBERAL agenda--I think this is where his appeal lies. He is able to speak to the widest audience of all the candidates while still maintaining his core Democratic principles.

by DemDog on Thu Jan 27, 2005 at 12:30:56 PM EST
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I'd like to both counter and reinforce the liberal image. It's time we stopped running and started attacking. Attack GOPers for being radical conservatives who are out of touch with the American people and American values. I think Dean can do that. Maybe Frost can, and maybe he can't. I know Dean can.

by Gary Boatwright on Thu Jan 27, 2005 at 01:18:56 PM EST
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NOT all candidates loudly and proudly emphasize their agreement with President Bush in order to cynically convince voters that Martin Frost is more in line with Bush than Pete Sessions. Frost did. And he still lost. I know he did it for pragmatic reasons. Now, we have to make sure he isn't our next DNC Chair. Also for pragmatic reasons. It's really quite simple.

by manyoso on Thu Jan 27, 2005 at 07:57:35 AM EST
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