Living in Fantasy Land

I have mentioned this problem previously, but this article illustrates better than I could explain it. The article is based on a Zogby poll that addresses the budget of the Federal Government and the next president. Specifically, it addresses how the budget will be balanced. Guess what the people want? Their programs to stay the same and no taxes increased. While I can certainly understand the sentiment, it is a real problem.

This leads me to the thing I think is most important for Democrats in the future, the debate. Right now, the debate, the conversation, is dominated by Republican themes. While reality has intruded on their theories, the debate is still one that the other party designed. The real question for the future is how do we change the nature of the debate? We may have to suffer times of unpopularity to do the right thing. We must be aggressive in defending our positions and aggressive about attacking wrong-headed Republican policies. We must lead the country.