Buck up. It’s not that bad.
President Clinton, AP via MSNBC.com:
...the party needs to rework its image and it would be “a mistake for our party to sit around and ... whine about this and that or the other thing.”
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In his speech Friday to the Urban Land Institute, Clinton attributed Kerry’s loss to the Democrats’ failure to counter how Republicans portrayed them to rural and small-town voters.
“If we let people believe that our party doesn’t believe in faith and family, doesn’t believe in work and freedom, that’s our fault,” he said.
In search of a message.
Democrats “need a clear national message and they have to do this without one big advantage the Republicans have, which is they won’t have a theological message that basically paints the other guy as evil.”
Clinton gave Bush and the Republicans credit for the election victory.
“The Republicans had a clear message, a good messenger, great organization and great strategy,” he said. “The Republicans did a better job of turning out those who were already registered who hadn’t voted” as well as bringing out their base.
Posted by jackhodgson at November 8, 2004 09:09 PM