Dana Blankenhorn

The Rule of Optimism

Think of this as Volume 14, Number 6 of A-Clue.com, the online newsletter I've written since 1997. Enjoy.

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Democrats are well-positioned to win the next election, and several after that.

This violates what Washington considers Conventional Wisdom. Conventional Wisdom is a lagging indicator.

What gives me confidence? Partly it's a belief the economy will keep growing, and start adding jobs. Much of the stimulus remains unspent, and there are enormous investment opportunities in front of us.

Mainly it's because Democrats have managed to capture the key issue that wins elections, and always has.

Optimism. 

Americans are by nature an optimistic people. We believe things can get better, that they will get better. We don't go in for the doom-and-gloom.

And that's all Republicans are selling.

Note to the media. Central Valley and East Side Baptist Church in Idaho are Southern Baptist Churches, members of the Southern Baptist Convention. American Baptists are a different crowd -- Roger Williams baptist vs. John C. Calhoun baptist. American Baptists were formerly known as Northern Baptist.