Today's opinion pages have some trenchant takes on the anemic state of the Democratic Party.
David Ignatius of the Washington Post notes that the Ds have no platform, no "coherent alternative account" to offer, and insists that they will keep losing nationally until they do.
Froma Harroup takes the Rs to task and says that the Ds should seize the moment. But she ends on a telling note: "All they need is the New Democrat platform, which is fiscally conservative and respects the values of ordinary Americans." Elsewhere she describes such an animal as addressing real problems and calling for sacrifice on the part of all.
If you have the time, check out Rich Tucker too. Something's going on when a range of columnists like this is on a topic like this all at the same time.
But when are we likely to see the creature that Harroup describes? Reread Ignatius after reading Harroup, and you'll be reminded why the Ds won't become coherent in the near future, let alone fiscally conservative or respectful of ordinary Americans' values.
A coherent, fiscally conservative Democratic platform that is respectful of ordinary Americans' values is not just an endangered species. It became endangered in 1972. It became extinct in 2004.
I'll add this: as long as Hollywood, George Soros and MoveOn.Org pay the Democrat piper, the tune they call will be far-left, socialistic, pacifistic, and condescending. To the American electorate, that tune sounds as shrill as a Barbara Streisand show tune.
Case in point: is it not plausible to think that that Cindy Sheehan, current number one spokesperson for the opposition party, is really Babs S. without her makeup?
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