Time to Rethink Our Approach?

"Success will come in the future only if we understand there is not one solution, but many, and one of those solutions is to stop thinking that if we just do exactly what we do — but more and better — then next time we'll win. We need to stop thinking that our ideas are superior, that facts will win elections, and that voters are rational in the way we want them to be....

"In the end, people vote for core values, and generally we don't know what ours are, and when we do know, we have a terrible time explaining them."

Saying it's time to stop playing "if-only," this column by Don Hazen at Alternet says it's time for Democrats to face the music and rethink the way we engage in politics.