Had Enough?
Posted : April 10, 2006 at 12:18 am [America/Los_Angeles]
Q. So how do you see the strategies shaping up for the two parties? Do the Democrats need an agenda of their own, similar to the Contract with America that you ran on in 1994?
A. Here’s the core thing for you to think about: The Republican challenge is to get back on offense as the reform party.
The Democrats’ challenge is to do one of two things. What they are going to try to do, what they should do, is say nothing except “Had enough?” If they try to wear a mask and pretend to be moderates, Republicans will cheerfully take the mask off.
So the Republican challenge is, prove to the country that this is a choice, not a referendum. The Democratic problem is make this a referendum, not a choice.
- Newt Gingrich, “The Republicans Must Get Their Act Together”
Could not have said it any better myself.
- Anand
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