Democrats fail to capitalize on massive Republican incompetence

Considering all that's been going on for the past few years, you'd think the Dems would get a clue and be able to come up with a way to capitalize on things like Iraq, Katrina, massive illegal immigration, cronyism, corruption, indictments, etc. etc.

Yet, they haven't been able to do that as a new poll shows: "Public has had it with both parties":
...The Battleground poll – unique for its inclusion of top Democrat and Republican pollsters – shows a definite slide in support for President Bush and the GOP. But the survey contains little good news for Democrats as a viable alternative...

While a Republican retreat in the polls normally means good news for Democrats, there is little evidence Americans are enamored with the opposition party, survey results indicate. On a host of issues – Iraq, homeland security, the economy – Democrats don't fare much better, the poll indicated.

"There is a real void right now in terms of what the alternative is. And right now, Democrats suffer from the fact that Americans are disillusioned and distrustful of government in general," Democratic pollster Celinda Lake told Voice Of America. "They tend to be feeling more negative about the Republicans, but not particularly positive about the Democrats."

..."But the Democrats, whether you look at the image of the Democratic Party, whether you look at Democrats in Congress, not only did not gain anything, they actually had their negatives go up some during this period of time," [GOP pollster Ed Goeas] told VOA...
In marketing terms, this is like people finding both Pepsi and Coke unyummy. And, what happens? Generally, one of three things:

1. People just stop buying soda...
2. A new alternative enters the scene to grab market share...
3. Either Pepsi or Coke changes to meet expectations...

#1 is the worst option for the country; we need political leadership and having two corrupt, non-representative parties sharing power is not good.

#2 isn't out of the question, and it's been done before. At the least it might force Coke or Pepsi to change their formula and leadership.

How likely is #3? Probably not much. Both parties are tied to their respective gravy trains and tied into their own curious ideologies. For instance, John Kerry would be president now if he'd came out strongly against illegal immigration and Bush's employment policies: he would have won both Ohio and Arizona and thus the presidency on those issues. Given the choice between winning and pandering to far-left racial groups, he chose the latter. Likewise, there's too much money available from large corporations to drag someone too far from Bush's pro-business policies.