Star Tribune political affairs writer Eric Black has an interesting blog entry from Tuesday where he analyzes the pattern of Republican victory in politics since the Reagan Era, with help from former MN Republican Party Chair Ron Eibensteiner. The summary? That Republicans either have the better ideas or are simply better at coming up with better descriptions of their ideas (i.e. "no new taxes").
The comments on the post point out that Democrats haven't always felt inferior in the description category. After all, Clinton did pretty well with "It's the Economy, Stupid." But try coming up with another Democratic winner since 1980? I'm a younger guy, so maybe my lack of memory can be chalked up to inexperience.
The folks over at the liberal blog MyDD are trying to find the next great liberal slogan (for this year's midterm elections), but I find it telling that between three proposed slogans, "I like pie" is coming first. DailyKos raised the stakes, offering voters 10 different slogans for this year's Democratic candidates. Again, web visitors give a plurality to "I like pie" (23%). Maybe Dems should take note of DailyKos contributor Brainwrap's suggestion: "enough is enough."
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