LAT: Dems have advantage on 2008 issues

According to the LAT this morning, Americans want higher taxes, gays in the military and government-run health care. That's why, according to the LAT, Democrat presidential candidates have the advantage over Republicans at this point. The LAT bases this on polls by the Pew Research Center.

Maybe, but Democrats have lost repeatedly using these issues. Americans have never voted for tax increases in national elections. Hillarycare was defeated with ease. And while the elite may consider gays under-privileged, it' s a reasonable bet that most Americans don't.