Democrats and real life
We all know Democrats supposedly have a connection gap going on between the party leadership and the regular American voters. My last post disputed the extent of the problem, but at least among Washington cognoscenti, the Democratic Party needs to figure out how to express their inner Joe Schmo more effectively in public.
This great post has some ideas, from a standup comic. As he says, he's got to win over swing audiences every night. I certainly don't agree with him on everything, but I do think John Kerry might have gotten more serious consideration from a lot of folks if he could have said "ain't" naturally.
And thinking about professions that could teach the Democrats a little something gave me an idea: what about punk rockers? They're wicked tough, and wicked liberal. Sure, some of them are radical, skinny chumps who dress weird, but it's hard not to appreciate the political boldness of Bad Religion and their latest album, The Empire Strikes First. (Incidentally, I've only heard the title track, but it really, really rocks.)