James Carville, Stanley Greenberg, and Robert Shrum (all 3 big time Democratic political pollsters and consultants) just wrote "The Price of Silence" on why the Democrats lost the 2002 election even though we should have won. Interesting read: Without trying to judge which bold proposals Democrats should advance, we simply want to underscore that this was an electorate hungry for Democrats who speak out and address the country’s greatest problems. In light of what happened after 9-11 and with the Democrats silent on the economy, they gave the edge to the Republicans, but not a mandate. Once again, this is still the Democrats’ moment.