Time To Kick the Democrats?

Michael Kinsley says the Democrats just aren't as good as the Republicans at the "political game".:

The official illustration of the Kick the Democrats movement is a map of the United States, showing huge swaths of red with just a few tiny accents of blue. Of course this gives an unrealistic advantage to big states with few people. But then so does our electoral system. The deeper flaw is the assumption that everybody in red states is red and ditto the blues. A map showing red and blue people, not states, would look a homogenous purple. John Kerry got 43 percent of the vote in states that went for George Bush, and Bush got 45 percent in Kerry states. Liberals are not nearly so rare and so culturally isolated as the official map would suggest. This is little comfort to Democrats when it comes to the math of winning elections. But it does suggest that endless self-flagellation about their values and beliefs may not be the best strategy for turning things around.

This is not an argument for complacency. Obviously the party that has lost the White House, both houses of Congress, and now the courts needs some new ideas and new energy. But it seems undeniably true to me—though many deny it—that the Republicans simply play the game better. You're not supposed to say that. At Pundit School they teach you: Always go for the deeper explanation, not the shallower one. Never suggest that people (let alone "the" people) can be duped.

Nevertheless, I've been impressed all over again the past couple weeks with the Republicans' skill at political stone soup—making something out of nothing.

Both political parties represent large groups of often conflicting special interest groups.One thing must be said the Democrats do stand for something:government workers.The special class of workers who's salary is derived from taxes.They have their own agenda.Often better salaries,medical benefits,vacation days,and generous pensions that few in the private sector get.They want more, always more and they usually get it off the rest of the taxpayers.It's not political marketing or the lack of ideology that's hurting the Democratic party.It's the simple fact that the law of diminishing returns applies to government.