There was an article in the New York Times this weekend, What Would the Democrats Do?, about the Democrats struggle to find a position on the war in Iraq.  What really bothers me about this article is that the Democrats are still depending on polls to find a position.  They’re having trouble finding a good position because they can’t find one that won’t alienate too many people.  Here is an actual quote from the article:

“It’s a dog’s breakfast,” said Andrew Kohut, president of the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, which has done extensive polling on public attitudes toward the war. “The reason that Democrats aren’t talking about specific plans to end the war is because it’s hard to figure out what to say without alienating a broad swath of the electorate.”

This is so frustrating.  The democrats are so afraid of stepping on anyone’s toes or possibly bothering anyone.  Why can’t the democrats learn that its more important to have YOUR OWN view rather than try to find the least alienating one?  You can’t find a position that everyone will agree with, and even if you could that doesn’t make it the right one.  You’ll get more votes from people on both sides of the issue for actually believing in something and standing up for it than just following the “least alienating” policy.  Don’t any of the democrats believe in anything?  Is there a single one who will make a stand on his own rather than follow some poll to find what the least alienating policy is?  They’re supposed to be “leaders”…