Pelosi- Democrats lack message discipline

[NJMaverick]

Quote:So, I asked House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi in an interview the other night, what could keep the Democrats from retaking the House of Representatives in November? She pointed to a cup on the table between us.
"When the Republican leadership tells its members, 'there is a blue cup on the table,' every Republican repeats, 'there is a blue cup on the table,'" she said. She sighed. "When I tell my fellow Democrats, 'there is a blue cup on the table,' one will say 'there is a blue cup on a round table.' Another will say, 'there is a blue cup next to Nancy Pelosi's cup.' Another: 'a blue cup on a brown table.'"
"And I say, 'why did you say that?'" she went on. "And the answer is: 'because it's true.'"
It may sound as if the former speaker, who still holds the top Democratic leadership position in the House, is conducting a linguistics seminar. But her point is simple: Democrats are incapable of the clear, simple messaging at which Republicans excel. In 2006, Pelosi says, Democrats regained the House by hammering away at one message: "Protect Social Security." This year, she says, Democrats must answer the Republicans' unwavering anti-government theme with a mantra of their own: "Medicare, Medicare, Medicare." The proposals laid out by House Budget Chair Paul Ryan, with their alterations to both the size and structure of Medicare, offer Democrats a rich target of opportunity—if only have they can muster the discipline to stay on message.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/parab...17374.html

[jaxx]

They'd better stay on message. There is too much at stake to have to deal with personalities and toes being stepped on.

[Hekate]

I hope our fellow Dems pay heed.

I'm getting really tired of the self-sabotaging ones continual quoting of Will Rogers' line about not belonging to any organized party because he's a Democrat. It USED to be funny 70 years ago, and now it's just an indication that the speaker refuses to face the reality that Nancy Pelosi understands all too well.