MARC AMBINDER: Are Democrats in for an August Slaughter? “Democrats know the rulebook. The tactics being used against them by Republican and conservative groups were perfected by the party when it set out to defeat President Bush’s Social Security privatization proposals. They also know that it’s easier to gin up noise against a major legislative initiative than it is to sell an initiative that isn’t fully formed yet.” Especially when their own Congressional leaders admit they haven’t read it, and don’t intend to . . . .