Arianna Huffington's latest column takes on the Washington consulting class. She really lays into the so-called Democratic brain trust. We don't have the House, we don't have the Senate and we don't have the White House but we're supposed to listen to their advice?
She lambastes the advisors to Kerry who had a myopic inside-the-beltway mindset and strategy. Her conclusion is right on target...we need fresh thinking:
As at almost every other turn, the campaign had chosen caution over boldness. Why did these highly paid professionals make such amateurish mistakes? In the end, it was the old obsession with pleasing undecided voters (who, Greenberg argued right up until the election, would break for the challenger) and an addiction to polls and focus groups, which they invariably interpreted through their Clinton-era filters. It appears that you couldn’t teach these old Beltway dogs new tricks. It’s time for some fresh political puppies.
