The word "Change" as a political slogan is just so cliche...

Remember when Bill Clinton was campaigning back in 1992 while speaking of "the courage to change?" Well, we sure got change - Congress flipped to Republican control two years later.

Change by itself is not enough. We want to leave the next generation a better America than the one we inherited.

Instead of "change", I want Edwards to adopt "new direction" or something. Anything but "change", since both Obama and Hillary have co-opted the word (for better or worse).

Sorry, but that's just me.

Do you promise to change?
Yes.
Okay, I won't file for divorce then...

That was pretty hilarious. Violent Femmes did their own version for the soundtrack CD, too.

Or even 'transformation' (hey, I'm an est graduate).

It's so true. I can't stand these one-word campaign platforms. I need to hear more.

Bill Clinton talked about change, and also used to say he was a boy from HOPE, Arkansas...emphasis on the word, hope. (paraphrasing)

aren't tired of the slogan "Experience".

Any time you speak out powerfully for change, the forces of status quo attack.

I'm with you and full steam ahead, but we desparately need to change gears first.

...but as long as we are stuck with sound bites as campaign slogans, the search for effective one-word slogans still continues.

embracing the word, from both parties. Don't forget, most American's attention span is minimal; politics isn't their priority.

the repubs have been masters of marketing for years while the dems have struggled to define themselves. I find it refreshing that the dems have learned to simplify their message.

but that would be change, too.

Change may not be "enough," but it is enough to get people to the polls to vote for you. And now that it's become obvious that "change" is what's firing up the people most likely to vote this year, anyone who ignores the popularity of that meme and tries to stick with another one instead, no matter how wise or well-considered it may seem ("experience," or "He can only talk eloquently about change but I can really deliver change") ignores it at their own peril. At least that's how I see it.

The watchword this year is not "experience," "results," "safety," or anything else.

It's "change."

Live with it, deal with it...or lose. Be you Democrat or be you Republican.