For all of those members who stated that this election does not mean anything because the democrats are:
1). Just like the Republicans... not much difference between the two
2). Incapable of forming a plan or a coherent strategy
3). Simply reactionaries who stand for what the republican's do not
4). Enjoying a much smaller margin of victory then the Republicans did in 1994
Let me just say that the Democrats are fair people. They believe in the unity of mankind, freedom of religion, a woman's reproductive rights, fair labor practices, a strong middle class, minority rights, a living wage. afordable health care, a strong Environment... I could go on...
These issues are so far from the Republican platform it ain't even funny!
Democrats have been reluctant to form a plan on anything for a simple reason. The media has been in total Republican control (I'm not talking about the print media, I mean ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, MSNBC, etc.) for the past dozen years or so. There has been silent media consolidation by the FCC, that has taken place without so much as a peep from the American people. This has allowed corporations like G.E., Viacom, Vivendi Universal, and Rupert Murdoch's Clear Channels, to have total control over the message that we are hearing or watching on TV. This has turned the media into one giant Republican talking point and a Democratic smear machine. I'm not discounting all of the proper news that the organizations have put out over the years. The news organizations are still run by the normal journalists that have always reported good news to the best of their abilities, it's just that the management of these news organizations is now in Republican friendly hands. They'll feature unbiased progressive news, but there had better be a solid market for it (ultimately these corporations answer to the dollar)!
If the democrats announced their plan, it would have been a joke! Nobody would have even taken the plan seriously, and the Republicans would set out to make sure that those plans would never come into fruition. Yes, I'm talking about actual covert operations to thwart any democratic agenda, the Republicans could do that in their fucking sleep! So don't blame the Dems because they haven't had a plan, they haven't had a plan because they ARE FLIPPIN' SMART!
The Republicans re-districted North Carolina and Texas in the 90's to ruin the chances of Democrats ever getting re-elected in those states. To this day, the Democrats don't hold hardly any house seats in those states, despite having large numbers of Democrats that live in the the area. The Democratic victory would have been significantly larger if this didn't happen.
I have been listening to C-Span all morning and the stupid Southern people that call up to bitch on the Republican line all sound like they didn't graduate Junior High (all of the respectable Republicans know what is up, and didn't call in this morning). The Democrats that call up are all well spoken and lucid... Like I said...
IN YOUR FACE REDNECKS!