And I concur with Callimachus, they do sound more like broad platitudes and goals then any sort of plan, and they include the standard “and its the Republicans fault” line.

Why is it that I think after we had 8 years of slick willie galavanting around the world with a Democratic congress that the Democrats, if they regain power, will do nothing?

I especially shudder at points 4 and 5. “Universal health care” is what I like to call “a black hole for taxpayer money”. Remember that BS they tried to pass in Massachusetts? Yeah, we had a health INSURANCE proposal where we knew neither the coverage nor the cost, but we did know that it would be bankrupt within 2 or 3 years and would need “additional funding” in order to survive. What this means for us Morlocks is that the government decides how much you pay in, has no requirement to give you anything because they have not defined the plan, and have made a promise to pillage the contents of your wallet in later years to continue this slush fund, err, “health care initiative”.

The problem with 5 is that it is too broad. Let me guess, because they don’t want to engage in racial profiling, they will be randomly searching white guys at the mexican border looking for coyotes, and when searching for terrorists they will pull over little old ladies in wheel chairs because clearly they have a chance to be plotting nefarious misdeeds - after all, they have Hover-round!

And goals 1 and 2 coming from Democrats are laughable. 1 is laughable because the Democrats have already stated openly we can’t win the war, and for all the flack they give Bush for “not having a plan”, anyone who checks out the White House website can tell such is not the case and the Democrats are trying the “if you repeat a lie often enough” strategy.

On 2 we’ve got the liberal Democrats giving protections and benefits to persons who have infiltrated our country and defrauded our government, while screwing over those of us who are actually citizens.

And 7 clearly shows no understanding of economics, and therefore if the Demos ran with it we should not trust them to run any program in which they would be spending other people’s money(e.g. you, the taxpayer’s). Oil companies are still making the 7 or 8 cents a gallon they have always made, more gallons of oil are simply being bought. As a percentage of gas price, we pay twice as much in taxes on gas then oil companies make in profits. However, if you follow the hiostory if the Democratic party and specifically the powers that be today, they have never met a tax hike they didn’t like and never met a tax cut they didn’t loathe.

And goal 6 sounds like whining to me. “Clearly we aren’t winning elections for some reason, the voting system must be flawed!” Yeah right. Our voting system is fine, and if the Demos engaged in persistent whining only shows that they are not only unable to win elections, but are sore losers as well.

Just think of something better than the Kossacks, they are 0 for 15.

As for me, I’m praying to the lord for an actual conservative Republican to try and run for office, someone who stands on principal and doesn’t pander to special interests. Unforunetely, Laffey is running for RI Senate, so its more praying for me. I can’t get a firm lock on McCain, don’t know much about Guiliani, and not sure if Condi is running. Gonna be a long two years.

Abd when the points get specific, they get troublesome.

Among a few quibbles:

Increase teachers’ salaries three or four times over to attract more highly qualified teachers, but give schools the ability (and duty) to fire poor teachers based on student performance.

Errrhem; the teachers around here are making spectacular salaries AND have benefits everyone but a state legislator would envy. The problem is urban vs. suburban schools; teaching in those are two different jobs.

Also the micromanaging and overmandating of the classrooms stifles real teaching. Also, the need is for qualified math and science teachers; we can get all the English and SS we want.

Also, with the entire education system here run on real estate taxes, you’ve just doubled my tax rate.

Also, the problem with vouchers is not right v. left so much as a serious constitutional block; I just don’t think they’re the answer.

So, in a word, no.