How the Democrats can win
If the Democratic presidential candidate in 2008 is to have any hope of winning, and preferably winning with a governing mandate, we in the Democratic Party need to get over our cowardliness. Sure, we're not afraid to stand up to the Republicans anymore, but we still seem to be afraid to stand up for our own candidates and ideas. We sold out Howard Dean because even though we were inspired by his campaign, we had no confidence in our ability to go out and not just win votes but actually convince people that his ideas were better than those of George W. Bush. As a result, we dumped Dean and embraced the uninspiring, flip-flopping John Kerry, who we thought would be more electable.