Of Pigs and Lipstick

Kevin Drum is catching on. Sometimes you can have the best ideas, the best plan, the best everything but if you can't get the idea across effectively - for whatever reason, you'll end up with a wonderful plan and nothing else. He writes:

My first instinct was to make fun of this, but I guess I'll resist. If "family values" and "good for business" are the code phrases that will convince conservatives to get serious about clean air, then count me in. Once they're used to it, maybe we can start talking about global warming too. That's not so good for kids or businesses either.

Indeed. In fact, I can't think of a single Republican idea that's good for kids, and most of them are only good short term for business. And for that to be true, you have to define business as the people holding all the wealth in business today. From upper middle management down to the factory floor (if we actually had factories to speak of anymore), Republican ideas stink for business.

But they have the language and they have the megaphone. In terms of voting for your own interest, the Democratic Party should score in the high 70's or above, even with the anemic plans they've laid out as a minority party. Get some bolder ideas, find the right language to get it across (and to contrast with the Republican top down trickle game), and then be loud, proud and unashamed.

Win elections. Govern. Peace. Prosperity.