Comments on: As We Watched

By: Sean Shealy

Sean Shealy — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 14:41:48 +0000

Democrats are hard-poised to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, a task that seemed impossible less than a year ago.

Between the unwillingness of Congress to stand for anything, and a Democratic Party poised to nominate the most hated woman in half the country, against whom there has been a standing half-trillion dollar army of nutty conservative pundits and marketing experts for 15 years, it is amazingly likely that Democrats will not only lose the presidency in 2008, but both houses of congress on the coattails.

Impeachment may be the only magic pill remaining. Trotting out Republican crimes day after day after day, lead story after lead story after lead story, would probably be sufficient to compete with and overwhelm the coming GOP slime storm.

Oddly, Pelosi and Reid may have to be impeached first by their own party in order to put this progressive last-ditch effort in motion.

I hope, as you say, that DLC Democrats face vigorous opposition (and in fact defeat) in the primaries.

By: Gee, And Congress Wonders Why People Don’t Like Them » Comments From Left Field

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 23:09:06 +0000

[...] know, political hay has been made, words written, and tv time spent on the appallingly low congressional approval numbers released yesterday. Political analysts, among whom I must stand with as guilty, have parsed polls trying to [...]

By: Kyle E. Moore

Kyle E. Moore — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:32:23 +0000

Thanks.

I mean, I admit it, I’m at heart a shill because the real basics of it is, I don’t want the circular firing squad to form and have Republicans sneak up behind us and snatch seats out from under us as a result.

I think I’m starting to lean towards some really strong primary contests in the Democratic party, you know, at least let the sitting caucus know that just campaigning on the right side of Iraq et al is not going to let them keep their seats.

They need to start acting on those promises a little.

But as you say, if voter apathy goes up too much, that does favor Republicans, so it always puts me, personally, in a bind.

By: Kyle E. Moore

Kyle E. Moore — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:29:43 +0000

Yeah, I don’t know what the hell to do about that. I think I was talking to Matt, yeah it was Matt.

Basically, Reid, is worthless. There is no reason why this couldn’t have been a stand up fight. But I think Reid is afraid of his own damn shadow. If he would show a little backbone and actually push for this stuff instead of showing his belly every time Republicans failed to give him enough to overcome a veto, he would find the public support to back him.

He’s not doing that, and if nevada wants to keep electing him fine, but the Dem caucus needs to get someone who doesn’t crumble at the first sign of a bill not making it through.

By: mick

mick — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:26:57 +0000

BTW, in my state of PO’dness, I forgot to mention you wrote a nice clear summation of the situation (except for the part I added). I hope people read it.

By: mick

mick — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:24:15 +0000

The problem here is that the Democrats’ failure to take even the most rudimentary and fundamental actions to defend, let alone fight for, their positions is leaving a bad taste in everyone’s mouth and playing into the conservative Republican mantra that govt is useless and why bother with it? Yes, the approval ratings of individual Congressmen and women will be higher, but what price glory if scads of people stop voting altogether because they’re convinced no one is listening? That just plays into the hands of the die-hards, most of whom are Pubs.

The Democratic leadership’s shameful performance today, with the Constitution at stake and Harry choosing to table the amendment rather than force the Pubs to continue filibustering and the media to cover the spectacle of the GOP standing 4-square against the very document that makes us Americans, is just one more nail in their own damn coffin.

And ours.