Dems test new slogan

Well, they have a slogan, kind of.

House Democratic leaders are holding a closed-door meeting with members of their caucus this afternoon to discuss a new slogan for the 2006 midterm elections: “Together, We Can Do Better” or “Together, America Can Do Better,” according to Democratic sources.

Although aides say the slogan has yet to be finalized and is still up for debate, it has already been in frequent use by Democratic leaders on both sides of the Capitol for several weeks.

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) used it as early as Sept. 29, during a press conference on Hurricane Katrina relief, according to a search of an online news database. Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) first used it in a similar Katrina press event Sept. 15.

Since then, it has become a common refrain in Democratic leadership statements, usually appearing at the end of Pelosi’s press releases or sprinkled liberally in Reid’s comments. Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) used it in the Democratic radio address on Saturday. Reid plastered it across the backdrop of an event held last week.

The catchphrase is not new to political observers, who will remember that an earlier reincarnation, “America Can Do Better,” was a slogan in the campaign of presidential aspirant Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), although his main theme was “A Stronger America.”

At some point, we can presume, they’ll actually get a plan for how we can do better. Then again, they proved with the Kerry campaign that they can go a whole election without having a single plan for doing anything except “the opposite of whatever George Bush is doing”.

(h/t: NRO’s “Sixers”)

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