Cronkite: AnIdea for the Democrats

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Randall <rvh40 () insightbb com>
Date: October 15, 2005 12:44:47 PM EDT
To: JMG <johnmacsgroup () yahoogroups com>
Cc: Dave <dave () farber net>
Subject: Cronkite: AnIdea for the Democrats


http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/14/opinion/l14dems.html

To the Editor:

Re "Democrats See Dream of '06 Victory Taking Form" (front page, Oct.
13):

The key to a Democratic success in next year's Congressional election is
clearly in the party leadership's coming up with a campaign that does
not concentrate on the Bush administration's failures but offers
alternative programs to fix what it believes is wrong with the
Republican agenda.

A suggestion by which the Democratic Party could command the greatest
public attention for its positive agenda: It could within weeks call an
extraordinary midterm convention to draw up its platform.

The convention would not need to be expensive. The delegates could be
those who attended the 2004 convention. Their meeting would be open to
the public and of course the press.

In sharp contrast to the secrecy of the Bush administration, it would
let the public, if only remotely, share in the construction of the
Democratic platform.

Although local issues might cause some candidates in next year's
Congressional election to veer from the platform on comparatively minor
issues, the basic principles of the party would be clearly apparent.

The voting population would for the first time in many years have an
unobstructed view of those principles that differentiate the Democratic
Party from those of the Republican Party.

Walter Cronkite
New York, Oct. 13, 2005

--  
"We've got the hatemongers who literally hate this president, and that
is so wrong. . . . The people who hate George Bush hate him because he's
a follower of Jesus Christ, unashamedly says so and applies his faith in
his day-to-day operations." -- Rev. Jerry Falwell, on C-SPAN's  
"Washington Journal"



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