It’s no surprise that Gloria Borger would blast the Bush administration and congressional Republicans in her latest U.S. News column.
But Borger blasts leaders in both parties for spending so much time on political strategy that they’ve avoided any substantive discussion of policy goals after the November election:
[T]here are real, new ideas percolating
out there, in both parties–largely from outsiders. But for now–this
close to the November elections–the focus is on the other guy. Why?
Because the public clearly wants change, and it’s much easier to deal
in slogans. “In every survey, the people clearly see the Democratic
Party as the party that will get this country moving,” [Rahm] Emanuel says.
“It’s the party of different values and represents change.”But change to what? If it’s leadership that the public wants, neither party is safe.
