Bill Clinton, hoping there are some democrats out there that still listen to their most-successful party member since Franklin Roosevelt, is telling his party the strategy they need to use to take power back from the republicans. Clinton seems to believe that they need to go on the offensive, attacking the issues and not backing off when public opinion seems to sway against them. This seems simple, but in many ways it can be counter-intuitive, and the reason why democrats have done so poorly since Clinton left the White House nearly 5 years ago. Whenever public opinion goes against their issues, they step back and embrace the republican stance. We can all see where the republican stance has led us over the past 5 years. If democrats stood their ground against republicans and the religious right's ideology, eventually the public would take their side more seriously and opinion could sway back to the left. As it stands now, the public sees the democrats as weak, regardless of the issues, because they always seem to back down from a fight.
The Register-Guard, Eugene, Oregon, USA