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Democratic Shadow Cabinet - An Alternative to the Republican Contract With America
I'm not greatly familiar with the
system of government in England but there something called the Shadow
Cabinet. It is defined thusly: a group of senior members of the
political party that is out of power; these members would probably
assume corresponding positions as ministers in the British Cabinet if
their party was elected.
Applying such a system here, someone such as Delaware Democartic Senator Joseph Biden would "shadow" Secretary of State Colin Powell and so on.
Well, that's my idea in a nutshell. The Democrats should form their own Shadow Cabinet, matching up Senate or House members to each of President Bush's Cabinet members.Why you ask? What's the payoff?
As a way of presenting Democratic ideas and policies and alternatives to any and all Republican initiatives.
As a way of gaining (some may say forcing) media coverage to demonstrate idealogical differences between the two parties.
As a way of simply getting back into the game.
I can see it now. President Bush holds his flim-flam economic conference on "rescuing" Social Security while at the same time the Democrats hold their alternative conference and present the Democratic take on the status of Social Security and proposals, if any, to strengthen it. C-SPAN would have to present dual live coverage, with CNN, the various networks and maybe FOX News if they're up to it (me bad), all presenting dual news stories.
The Democrats could even lead and hold their own conferences. Almost everyone on the various parts of the political spectrum agree that national security, rightly or wrongly, is viewed by a majority of voters as a Democratic weakness. So, convene a conference, have what is imagined to be the major players--those aiming to run for President in the next election--who need to polish up their respective foreign affairs credentials present policies and papers and get national media coverage.
What's the down side? ... I'm still thinking.
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