Damned Democrats

Just to clarify, I AM A DEMOCRAT and I want nothing more than a forceful, progressive, unapologetically liberal agenda to be successful in this country. I say 'damned democrats' because it so difficult to be enthusiastic about the democratic party when they continually show how comfortable they are with failure.

As some of you may or may not know, there were a few elections today of varying importance, and most of the outcomes were disastrous for Democrats, particularly governors' races in Virginia and New Jersey in which Republican candidates won both races.

The Republicans ran a candidate from the stone age in the Virginia race and he beat the democratic candidate by nearly 20 points. I mean this Bob McDonell criticized laws allowing married couples to use contraception, attacked homosexuals as "fornicators" and he also attacked working women and feminists as "detrimental to the family". This guy is crazy!

New Jersey now has a Republican governor-elect. New Jersey. This is one of the bluest states in the union. Granted, the state's Democratic governor Corzine was extremely unpopular, but still, this does not look good for democrats.

All of this on top of the fact that meaningful healthcare reform has still not been passed by Congress. It's fair to say that I've been less than impressed with the national Democrats legislative skills when it comes to crafting this healthcare bill. The Democrats' healthcare stipulations have been so diluted by Republicans, moderate Democrats, and corporate influences that we may not have public healthcare for years, at least until this public option trigger activates. Or maybe the states have an opt-out clause now. I honestly don't know, it seems like the Democrats legislative goals on healthcare change daily.

Truthfully, one of the people I blame is Harry Reid. I don't think he's a strong Democratic leader in the Senate (there's a big surprise). I have much more respect for Nancy Pelosi who seems like she is genuinely ready to go to the mat for the public option.

Now... I won't lay all the blame on Harry Reid because he is dealing with some truly despicable people in the Senate. Namely... JOE LIEBERMAN. What happened to this guy? 9 years ago he was a Supreme Court ruling away from being the Vice President of the country as a DEMOCRAT. Now he's an independent, former supporter of John McCain for president, and he says he'll use his powers as a senator to prevent a vote on the public option in the senate. When I heard that I was speechless. I wanted to strangle puppies. To not let Senate VOTE on perhaps the most important domestic issue of the 21st century!

How did George W. Bush and the Republicans do it. When 'W' was "elected" president in 2000 he had NO voter mandate and razor thin majorities in the house and senate and yet he still managed to push through gis sweeping tax cuts for the rich! What were the Republicans collectively smoking at this point and where can Democrats get their hands on it!