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July 11, 2005

Obama on Democrat Core Values

This is one of those things that, if a Republican said it of the Democrats, would be villified. That's because it's true. Democrat Senator Barack Obama, D-Ill., has joined the list of people who have pointed out that Democrats lack core values from which they draw their beliefs.

"The Democrats at times have lost their way," conceded Obama. "We are trying to decide what our core values are."

This is something I've tried to point out since I left the Democrat Party a decade ago. Democrats have lost their way, not because the Republicans are better at swaying voters, but because they themselves have ceased to draw on basic, core values as the foundation for their beliefs. It really is that simple. It's gotten even worse than that, though. Now, to look for real core values is to risk being on the same side as Republicans on major issues, and that can get in the way of opposing Republicans for everything they stand for. When you have defined yourself as a party by your opposition and hatred of the other side, it is hard to explain how you can agree on major issues at the same time.

As long as the Democratic Party defines its beliefs against those of the Republicans, they will continue to lose ground. It's what they deserve. If, though, the Democrats could honestly face the issues on the merits of the issues themselves, they could possibly work themselves back into majority status. Right now, they're at least 12 years out from any real change, because of the dynamics of the political system.

It's sad, really.

Posted by Lockjaw at July 11, 2005 12:30 PM

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