Once you learn how to fake sincerity, everything else is easy

Wash Post: “Social Security Stance Risky, Democrats Told - Bush Could Outflank Their Rigid Opposition”

"Why has the public not taken out their anger on the congressional Republicans and the president?" they [Democratic pollsters James Carville & Stan Greenburg] added. "We think the answer lies with voters' deeper feelings about the Democrats who appear to lack direction, conviction, values, advocacy or a larger public purpose."

Other than that, they’re a swell bunch!