Same Pelosi, Same Party, Same Agenda - Different Angle
Same Pelosi, Same Party, Same Agenda - Different Angle
In a letter to her Democratic colleagues on Friday announcing her decision to run for Minority Leader, Nancy Pelosi said that many of her colleagues have encouraged her to run:
"In the 24 hours since I wrote seeking your views and your vote for Democratic Leader, I have been very gratified by the extensive and enthusiastic support I have received. Many of our colleagues, from all areas of our diverse Caucus, have been generous with their ideas and their support,"
Rep. Chris Van Hollen, House Democrats' campaign committee chair, supported Pelosi in his appearance on CNN's State of the Union, claiming the elections were not a referendum on Pelosi. Van Hollen also holds the title "assistant to the speaker," a job given to him by Pelosi.
An open letter penned by defeated House Democrats imploring Nancy Pelosi to step aside is currently circulating Capitol Hill and sends a completely different message. In draft language obtained by Fox News it reads:
"Many of us want the chance to run again and reclaim the seats that we lost on Tuesday. With you as the leader of House Democrats, the hangover of 2010 stands no chance of subsiding."
"Unfortunately, we fear that Republicans will further demonize you, and in so doing they will scare potential candidates out. The prospect of having to run against their own party leadership in addition to their Republican opponent is simply too daunting."
"Madam Speaker, fairly or unfairly, Republicans made you the face of the resentment and disagreement in our races. While we commend your years of service to our party and your leadership through many tough times, we respectfully ask that you step aside as the top Democrat in the House."
Ultimately Nancy Pelosi will in fact end up the House Minority Leader. She is currently running for the position unchallenged, has the support of the party leaders that matter, and is showing no signs of backing down in lieu of today's letter from vanquished Democrats.
Many believe the Democrats simply did not hear the American people's demands last Tuesday, but the reality is much more ominous. The reality is they understand exactly what the message sent to Washington was, and President Obama acknowledged in a speech on Sunday that he foresaw the reaction of Americans before election day:
"At the time, we knew that it probably wasn't great politics. I made the decision to go ahead and do it and it proved as costly politically as we expected. "
In an attempt to simply adjust the angle to a bad message is the re-emergence of the "failure to communicate" strategy that Democrats are adopting to excuse, justify, and even promote their unpopular policies as simply misunderstood. In other words, a government by the people and for the people is acceptable until the people become too ignorant to understand the policies enacted by their government in their best interest.
The "failure to communicate" strategy relies on the American people to be too ignorant to understand the liberal agenda. It faults Democrats only for failing to communicate the agenda and popularize bad policy, not for failing to enact policy that benefits America and its citizens.
The new Democratic agenda is to convince the people that their policies were sound, and their propaganda machine simply failed to educate. Comedians to the President, and every liberal in between are echoing this theme. Comedic political analyst Bill Maher commented on Saturday while on CNN's The Situation Room that:
"Democrats could make a list of why people's lives are better off because of the Democratic government," and that Democrats are partially at fault for the election losses because, "They don't do very well at bragging about their achievements."
President Obama told Steve Kroft on 60 Minutes that:
"Over the course of 2 years we were so focused and so busy getting a bunch of stuff doneleadership isn't just legislationit's a matter of persuading peopleit's setting a tonemaking an argument that people can understand."
And yes, even Nancy Pelosi, evidently the torch holder for the Democratic party, added in the same letter announcing her desire to be Minority Leader that:
"We must build the capacity for effectively communicating our message of job creation and opportunity for all, while supporting our signature achievements of health care, Wall Street reform, and Social Security and Medicare."
In 2008 the Democrats swept into power on an ambiguous message of change and the false platitude of hope. Two years later and after a crushing defeat on Election Day, it seems the Democrats have not learned a thing. Their policies were rejected and their rhetoric called out, but congratulations America, you're still ignorant. Same Pelosi, Same Party, Same Agenda This time with a different angle.
- J Michael Nelson
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