[Kevin]

Originally posted by enlightenment06
Why? It really boggles my mind. The party has no agenda, no plan, no vision, no leadership. That's why the Republicans are cleaning up shop. Howard Dean may not beat Bush, but if the Democrats don't use him to revive the party it's only a matter of time before the Republicans put the boot the Democrats like the Empire hunting down the Rebels. The party won't survive another twenty years if things continue.

Agree. The problem is that the Republicans have moved to the left enough that it's forced the Democrats to abandon all of their middle ground.

You look at the Republicans of today and their ideas -- they don't even vaguely resemble the Republicans of 1995 and the "Contract with America" era. The Dems have no agenda because the Republicans took theirs over. It's going to be an expensive trip for the people though to support both conservative and liberal agendas at the same time.