[...] Make a case for what is the best idea, and voters will just naturally move toward the party with that idea, or with the most good ideas.
Idahoans aren’t all that deeply informed about politics, but they have an almost reflexive affinity for Republicans. So, if the battleground is Republican vs Democrat, the Democrats are going to lose. If the battleground is what plan will prevent the curtailment order, for example, people affected by the curtailment will support the party with the best idea.
97% of the time Democrats will win the war of ideas — history has proven that time and time again. I don’t say this because I’m a Democrat, hell, I could careless about being a member of a party. I happen to be a Democrat because it happens to be the party that represents my values and ideals — and it is the party that I believe will hopefully lead this country forward.
I’m a hack, and for the most part a Democratic one, so I’m not going to tell anyone how to run the Democratic Party in Idaho but I do think that the politics should be reserved for election time — for the politicians. In the down time party officials should be focusing on ideas, it’s not the most expedient method of political conversion, but it’s the most time tested.
Perhaps officials shouldn’t always spar with the Republicans in the public arena, I’m all for them looking like drunken, blindfolded fools swinging away at imaginary piñatas.
And I’ll say that I do agree with Jim Hanson’s op-ed in the Idaho Statesman (what prompted Alan’s post), but moreover I agree with what Alan is saying.
Make sure you read Alan’s post in full.
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