Republicans Hid Principles, Democrats Feared Theirs In Latest Election?
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Democrats Sink To A Sad Low In Eyes Of Americans
"According to a Gallup poll released today, the Democratic Party has hit its lowest favorability rating in the past three years 36% mainly driven by their awful performance in the recent...
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Washington (CNN) -- Environmental activists are willing to bring their qualms with their traditional ally the Democrats right to their front door -- literally.
Opponents of the Keystone XL Pipeline plopped an inflatable "pipeline" on Sen. Mary Landrieu's front yard on Monday -- and the Louisiana senator likely isn't complaining.
Landrieu is trying to push the pipeline through the Senate as she faces an uphill climb to hold on to her seat in a December runoff against Republican Rep. Bill Cassidy. The pipeline could be a boon to Louisiana's Gulf oil-rich economy and passage of a bill authorizing the pipeline would be a high profile and new accomplishment that Landrieu could point to.
The visuals of more than 50 protesters picketing on Landrieu's front yard with "No KXL" signs could bolster Landrieu's status as a serious threat to opponents of the pipeline and positions her as a key player in the effort to bring more than a dozen Senate Democrats on board to support the bill and send it to President Barack Obama's desk. Activists even walked up to the front stoop of Landrieu's D.C. home and knocked on the door -- no answer.
But progressive activists at the protest said they weren't concerned about Landrieu's reelection prospects, acknowledging that both Landrieu and her opponent support Keystone XL.
"It's one vote in the Senate, and either way it's a yes vote on the Keystone pipeline," said Karthik Ganapathy, an organizer with the environmental organization 350.
Instead, Ganapathy and other activists said the protest was about more than Landrieu -- sending a message to national Democrats that they risk losing their base if they support policies like Keystone.
"We're not going to lie down and say, 'Oh but they're a Democrat,'" Ganapathy said. "The people that you're looking at here, these are the people that Hillary Clinton, the Democrats of 2016 and beyond are going to need to knock on doors and turnout the vote."
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Democrats learned the value of outside money after getting crushed in 2010. In 2014, they learned that big money alone is not enough. With 2016 on the horizon, Democrats involved in outside groups are keen to avoid getting schooled again.
Interviews with about a dozen donors and operatives many of whom attended the annual winter meeting of the Democracy Alliance, a liberal club of wealthy donors, in Washington last week pointed to several weaknesses in the Democratic big money circuit, from poor messaging to a lack of diversity among consultants.
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As these outside organizations, which range from super PACs to environmental groups, start planning for the next election cycle, here are five steps Democrats interviewed said they must take:
Deliver a cohesive, national message probably on the economy
Democrats this cycle tried to bring up a host of issues in different races, often aiming to localize them in a bid to distance themselves from Obama. Or, as in the Colorado Senate race, they picked one narrow subject, womens reproductive rights, and relentlessly hammered it.
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Even though Democrats touted their strategy throughout the cycle, in the end, none of the messages were powerful enough to break through to a broad enough audience.
This year was an election about everything, but also about nothing because there wasnt a cohesive message, said Anna Greenberg, a top Democratic pollster.
Outside groups (as well as campaigns) need to devise a national message to drive voters to the polls in 2016, and most likely it will need to focus on the economy, Democrats interviewed said. Some pointed to the pro-Obama super PAC Priorities USA Actions economic-focused ads as models the groups early advertising in 2012 is often credited with the presidents reelection.
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