What is the Democrats’ message?
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Apparently it's "we don't have one," according to Liz Sidoti of the Associated Press.
One message? Hmmm. I don't know. Let me think about it," Alvaro Cifuentes said after a long pause. Several minutes later, the head of the Democratic National Committee's Hispanic Caucus said, "You can't try to simplify your politics with a slogan. You can't."
Anyway, the Dems are having their spring meeting in New Orleans. Apparently their message -- at least until they come up with a better one -- is going to be "we're not the Republicans," is what the head of the Indiana Democrats seemed to be saying.
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"If your opponent is self-destructing, let them do it," said Mike Edmondson, executive director of the Indiana Democratic Party.
That ignores a few commonly held principles of successful branding. First, you don't define a positive with a negative. And, two, you don't define who you are by who you aren't.
And don't expect Fleetwood Mac to help you out, either.
