Step one, the Democrats seem to agree, is to give the race national visibility.
Democrats also seemed to have public support on several major issues.
But this year, the Democrats seem to have drawn a line in the sand.
Many Democrats in the industry seem to have decided to play along with the governor, or at least to wait and see.
Fortunately for them, the Democrats don't seem to be able to make the most of it.
The Democrats once again seem to have waited for someone else to set the agenda.
Statistics or no, the Democrats already seem to be convinced.
And that, he said, is exactly what some Democrats seem to want.
To some extent the Democrats seemed to have a point.
The Democrats seem to have held the issue in reserve until the election year.