Washington Post on learning from Colorado Colorado, Media Coverage

While they're at it, they should also learn from Montana '04 and Wyoming '02.

Colorado Democrats say their success carries a lesson for the national party. "We campaigned on pragmatism," state Democratic Chairman Christopher Gates said. "We set ourselves up as the problem solvers, while the Republicans were hung up on a bunch of fringe social issues like gay marriage and the Pledge of Allegiance.

"The notion that moral issues won the 2004 election was disproven in Colorado," Gates continued. "We offered solutions, not ideology, and won almost everything."

They carried themselves as the adults in the group, the grown up politicians who could run government well, not use it as a bully pulpit for their moral sermonizing. This strategy works in the West, home of small "l" libertarians.

Emmett O'Connell | November 21, 2004 | Comment on This Post (0 so far) Permalink: Washington Post on learning from Colorado Colorado, Media Coverage

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