Building a Democratic Majority: Strategy and Demographics
Summer of the 2006 election year is now upon us and folks everywhere are asking the question: what are the Democrats going to do differently in 2006? That is the question at hand. Whether it's the testing ground of the imminent California primary election, or prognostications and critiques from journalists , authors and bloggers : we're all looking for a formula: what new strategy will prove most effective for Dems in 2006? In the last couple essays I've talked about a) overhauling completely the way Democrats communicate b) understanding the role and limits of the activist base in building a "tipping point" and c) honing the overall effectivess of party strategy by dropping the losing mindset of "the carp" in favor of the tactical effectiveness of the "dolphin" and the "connector." (The links above are to essays as they appeared on dailykos.com.) Uniting all of these pieces has been one principle: the Democratic party ha