DOES THIS SCHOOL HAVE A FOOTBALL TEAM? – AT 8:14 P.M. ET:  The Dems are setting up a little academy.  From The Politico:

House Democrats have found a way to address Republicans’ polling advantage on national security: Teach candidates a better way to talk about the issue.

While President Barack Obama still outpolls congressional Republicans on national security, a new Third Way/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner poll out Monday gives the GOP the edge in a generic Republican vs. Democrat matchup on the issue. And the problem is particularly acute for Democratic women: A study to be published in the Journal of Women, Politics & Policy shows support for Democratic women drops 11 percent when public fear of terrorism is high.

To combat the problem, House Democrats have asked Third Way, the centrist Democratic think tank, and California Rep. Jane Harman, a leader on intelligence issues in the House, to help lead training sessions on the issue.

Will there be grades?  Term papers?  Graduation with those flat hats? 

What's hilarious here is that the centrists have been asked to do the teaching.  Earth to Dems:  Your problem is that the party is run by leftists, who despise the centrists.  Whatever gets taught here will probably be dumped by the left wing.  The issue is the policies. Americans understandably don't have much faith in a party that has a clear cultural problem with national defense.  No amount of coaching will overcome that.

March 8, 2010