Real Democrats who made sense in their behavior, remember?
No. When was that?
Doug Boxer hasn't figured out that a significant portion of elected Democrats are still in the Clinton era. It's all about go along to get along with the Republicans. It just looks different because Bush/Cheney are more obviously extreme than the Congressional GOP was from 1995-2000 and Clinton got them is slightly soften the legislation. We've been living under a GOP wet dream since 1981 but at least for the first ten years there were enough old style Democrats in Congress to hold back the worst of the worst on the GOP agenda. Since then it's been full steam ahead on destroying the New Deal legislation and enabling the MIC to keep doing what they've done since 1946.
Posted by Marie at October 7, 2007 12:29 PMGood line from Chris Lehane
"We need to fight back and not be reluctant - that if they come after you with a knife, to pull out a gun,"
Hopefully he can get that message out to some of those federal democrats he knows. The good news is we have people on our side ready willing and very capable of playing hardball.
Posted by Daryl at October 7, 2007 12:44 PMThe problem is that fighting back upsets Broder and the editorial boards of the Post and the Times. Fighting back might put Russert, Brooks and Matthews in socially awkward situations on the party circuit. It might give Cokie the vapors.
The problem is that the Democratic "leadership" cares more about what these aristocrats think then they care about what their party's base or the American people think.
Posted by James E. Powell at October 7, 2007 01:31 PMWhat a great line from those who would rather discard the 2nd Amendment.
Hypocrites
Whatsamatter jj, don't like us standing up to you bullies.
Posted by at October 7, 2007 02:25 PM