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Old 01-10-2004, 08:45 PM   #4 (permalink)
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I never said the Democratic party was constituted by the left! FWIW, I'm more to the center than many members of my party (southern democrat and all). I'm well aware of the ideological spectrum that the party is.

As for "policy alternatives," the point is not for a candidate to get up there and say "we have policy alternatives!" The point is that we establish a stake in the debate by putting policies out there. We can't always debate "vouchers: good or bad" when we should be debating "the Bush education proposal vs. some other policy." It's an old argument, but the idea that the party ought to stand for something other than Not Bush is sound. Mabye voters, and particularly swing voters, would respond well to a candidate that offers new ideas instead of criticism.

Not that it's the only approach. I merely report what Carville writes about.

I definitely agree with you that we need to counter the anti-government rhetoric of the RNC. People need to realize that the government can do things right, and that it does many things better than the private sector or the free market. Carville points out that private HMOs spend vastly greater amounts on administration than Medicare does. When it comes to doing the job, Medicare is way way better at effeciently putting health care dollars where they need to go.
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