Playing out the rope

Would it really be a problem for the Democrats if they were directionless going into the midterm elections this November?

In The New Republic this week, Peter Beinart postulates that the best strategy for the Dems is to keep any visionary agenda they may or may not have on the DL.

It makes sense. According to recent polling, an awful lot of Americans are pretty pissed at the Bush administration and/or the Republican led Congress right now. If you’re a Democrat, do you really want to complicate that equation? By pushing a bold national platform for voters to consider? (And bear in mind, it’s one thing to have a bold national platform, it’s another thing to push it aggressively.)

As Beinart writes, it seems quite possible that this is, in fact, the agreed-upon D strategy...and that the vagueness of their agenda is intentional.

Wishful thinking?