The Way Forward?
I think the Democrats forgot the golden rule of politics which they themselves devised twenty years ago: “It’s the economy, stupid.” Until unemployment is under control voters will not care about any other issue. After health care, there should not be a single issue that Congress debates until November. It should be job package after job package. If they want to move on financial reform, they do it quietly. If they want to pass cap-and-trade, they do it in a Green Jobs bill. There should not be a single piece of major legislation sent to Obama’s desk that does not have the word “Jobs” in the title…