In his upcoming book 'positively American,' Chucky Schumer tells us how he figured out how Democrats can win the White House in 2008 by discussing it with his imaginary friends, Joe and Eileen Bailey.
How? His 50 percent solution, goals, which...could help define what Democrats stand for."
"For example, Democrats should commit to increasing reading and math scores 50 percent by dramatically increasing federal involvement, and funding, in public schools. We should increase the number of college graduates by 50 percent. We should call for reducing illegal immigration by at least 50 percent and increasing legal immigration. We should cut our dependence on foreign oil by 50 percent, and reduce cancer mortality, abortions and childhood obesity each by 50 percent. We should increase our ability to fight terrorism by 50 percent."
I don't know what the other five goals are yet nor his plan to reach those goals - but hey, at least he's trying to come up with something Democrats stand for. I just wonder if he remembered John Edwards' claim in the 2004 race, "If we do the work that we can do in this country, the work that we will do when John Kerry is president, people like Christopher Reeve are going to walk, get up out of that wheelchair and walk again."?
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