Unity08. A people's movement to take our country back.

More reasons why we need to join together to take our country back:

A moderate, a centrist, strong, willful, willing to compromise. A better female candidate than Hillary. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympia_Snowe

Hello all,

I get the occasional message from Unity08, take a survey now and then, and visit the website, but:

What's going on? Is there nothing exciting to be putting on the front page of the web site? I feel like we're missing out on the excitement that is currently being drained by the other candidates.

We should have lists of potential candidates and blog-ettes with comments on their candidacy on the front page.
We should be forming elements of our platform -- tables with the top issues showing how many of us agree on basic principles.

I only see surveys and fund raising...

Greg Conquest

PS I am excited about John Edwards position on cutting the lobby connections in Washington. And Tom Harkin from Iowa looks like a great one to draw in on all this.

I think an Al Gore / Colin Powell ticket would be an excellent, well-balanced ticket. I think it would have a real chance of winning. (Some of us believe that Gore did win once before.)

Gore has exprertise on the legislative process; Powell on the administrative process (when he was Secretary of State).

Gore is strong on national issues; Powell is strong on international and military issues.

Gore is democratic; Powell is republican.

Both are honorable, intelligent men who are capable of listening to and learning from others who disagree with them.

Gore has run a campaign before and knows what it entails. Colin has run a large diverse organization (the military). Both have had plenty of practice reaching compromises with those with whom they disagree to get the job done.

Betty has to be brought into a leadership role for this organziation IMO.

More reasons why we need to join together to take our country back: 

I think its under national debt, germanicus is proposing a great idea/ issue. A new type of economic policy.

There's quite a difference IMO between a strategy to unify liberals and conservatives or alternatively to position ourselves as centrists without apology.

The latter strategy can quickly capture the 35-45% voters who are themselves centrists. Then fairly slow progress may succeed in getting close to or above 50%.

But I'm beginning to think you may the former strategy in mind. The extremes are 55-65% of voters, to compete for them and have some modest success would be impressive and would influence politics for the rest of our careers.

The unifying strategy is very hard work and requires a lot of energy and money, also excitement.

The centrist strategy is really very easy, except that its so foreign to professionals, and maybe distasteful. You just have to claim the center and defend it. Its so easy a professional wrestler can do it. It would not take much money or energy. It could be done very quietly I think.

I think there may be a consensus here that GWB & Clinton are recent disappointments. But how far back would you go to say that President did a good job?

I'm thinking we oughta give new york, washington d.c., florida & california back to the native-americans.....
along with their politicians............
& yes banish bush, cheney & their administration to mexico.......or iraq.
then try to rebuild america...........
:-)