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December 13, 2004

California Dems Fret Over Their Not-So-Popular Core Issues

Symptomatic of the national Democratic Party platform as well:

The question for Democratic legislators is whether they're going to tarnish their party brand name in California by chasing two unpopular goals: same-sex marriage and driver's licenses for illegal immigrants.

Both issues are easily grasped by voters, riling conservatives and making many moderates uncomfortable.

They're of particular interest after the presidential election, when the Republican red tide continued to spread across the American heartland and into California's interior.

For many voters, the Democratic brand name has become increasingly synonymous with the label "liberal." If not for the fear of liberalism, why would nearly 61 million Americans — including 5.5 million Californians, 44% of the state's electorate — vote to reelect a president who had so mismanaged both a war and the national treasury?

...

Some Democratic lawmakers realize they must be careful not to fall into the same trap of fighting futilely for causes that offend voters.

...

"Republicans are defined as trying to create jobs and balance the budget while we're defined as the party of gay marriage and illegal immigrants," Canciamilla says. "It's a tremendous mistake. If we're going to be taken seriously, we have to be dealing with more important issues."

There's an idea, huh?


posted by Ace at 03:41 PM
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I love the message from Gil Cedillo that the reason same-sex marriage and illegal immigrant driver's licenses failed was because they are "not popular." In other words, voters are stupid and ought to vote for unpopular laws of dubious value.

If you are trying to pass a law that will be unpopular, then it will be necessary to explain exactly why the law will prevent disaster of some significant magnitude. The fact that a law is unpopular does not automatically mean that it is the legislative equivalent of spinach, nasty but good for you.

Posted by: Alex on December 13, 2004 04:10 PM

They never ask themselves why the voters so dislike their core issues. Never.

And I'm stuck here. With Pete Stark for my congresscritter, and (oh, no) Liz Figueroa for my assembly rep.

Don't ask how I bear it. If I were the sort of person who used words inappropriately, I'd say I felt 'disenfranchised.' Since I vote, that doesn't apply.

Posted by: Dianna on December 13, 2004 04:27 PM

We have a meltdown in the core, a meltdown in the core. The only reason the Dems. (read "liberals") are so incensed with the Reps. is that the Reps. usurped the Dems. base of power and swiped it with their knowledge. Can you imagine a bloated government with unlimited federal spending and limitless military exercises around the globe? Ta da! The problem with today's government has nothing to do with the shifting of the power base from left to center to right. Instead, it concerns the morphing of the Dems. and the Reps. into a unified being who sole intention is to burden and confuse the populace. The Dems. got away with murder for decades. I wonder how long the Reps. will last.

Posted by: Wallfly on December 13, 2004 06:09 PM

Wallfly? Just quote Daniel Webster: The two American political parties are like two identical bottles with different labels sitting side-by-side on a shelf; and both of them are empty.

That way, it doesn't sound like a roll of tin-foil should be delivered to your address post-haste.

Posted by: Dianna on December 13, 2004 06:47 PM

Dianna, me thinks you are splitting the wrong political hair. Rather than plagiarize from Webster with his fizzy-lifting drink analogy, I sought to make reference to an octopus with each tentacle representative of each empowered political party (currently, two). We the People think we are fighting against the terrible sea creature of progressivism versus conservatism, but are only flailing away until the power is shifted to another appendage. Clearly, the winners and losers in this past election are the losers.

Did I mention I was an invisible wall fly?

Posted by: Wallfly on December 13, 2004 07:32 PM

"It's a tremendous mistake. If we're going to be taken seriously, we have to be dealing with more important issues."

Good fuckin' luck ass wiper! You guys decided it was a good idea to dance with the devil. And everybody knows that he's a gay illegal immigrant. The only thing you need to ask yourself is: "what does Michael Moore think?" (Oh, BTW, the devil is also a fat sucking fat ass wiping fatso).

Posted by: Philip on December 14, 2004 05:20 AM

Drivers lisences? they don't need no stinkin'
drivers licenses
.

Besides, W is going to give them all amnesty anyway.

Posted by: KurtP on December 14, 2004 11:06 PM
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