Often the best gauge of how effective you are in a public policy battle is what your opponent has to say about your work. Here is the opening paragraph from an e-mail sent out by MoveOn.org to supporters (and interested members of the opposition like myself):
President Obama’s economic stimulus plan is in trouble. Conservative talking points are dominating the media’s coverage and there’s lots of misinformation around.
The conservative response as articulated by Mike Pence, Eric Cantor, and dozens of other House Republicans, conservative activists, and bloggers, is working. The American people will respond to the right message and the presentation of truth when there is a courage behind that message to back it up with action.
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Sometimes it’s necessary to light a fire under the followers to get them to do what the group wants. However, one can’t overstate the case or it will be ignored by most people, such as a global warming conference during a lake effect snow storm on a 15F day.
I’m sure MoveOn isn’t overstating the case or else they’d risk their credibility with their constituents, so it’s interesting to read that they see the stimulus package as being in trouble.