Tactics are no Substitute for Strategy, Vision, or Leadership
NY Times | Democrats take on a Westmoreland approach to politics
The Democratic Gingrichians are different. They feel that Social Security is to Bush what health care reform was to Clinton - the big overreach that will allow the opposing party to deliver a devastating blow to the president, and maybe even regain control of Congress.
Their core belief is that Republicans have won of late because they have been ruthless and disciplined while Democrats have been responsible and wimpy. It is time, the neo-Gingrichians say, to scorch the earth. "I believe that the Republican majority has acted in such a dictatorial fashion that a full-scale revolt is the only solution," the Democratic consultant Howard Wolfson told Michael Crowley of The New Republic.

Wait, didn't Gingrich's tactics piss off so many people that even Republicans were glad to see him go?

Side note: When you read so many news sources in a week, it's hysterical to see how many stories are just reporting on each other. Only thing in worse shape than the Dems = the journalists.