Comments on: Democrats Are Punks.

By: D.M. Solis

D.M. Solis — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:31:24 +0000

Dear Jay,

I knew I was going to value your work. Thank you. (This post needs to go viral.) Peace and anarchy.

Sincerely,
Diane

By: ShrinkWrapped

ShrinkWrapped — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:17:45 +0000

There are two major problems that Obama and the Dems must attempt to resolve.
First, Obama ran for office as a moderate, not as someone desirous of enlarging the size of the state and increasing the size of the deficit at a pace that makes the formerly “drunken sailor” Reps look like the epitome of sobriety.
Second, the country remains a center-right country. The Dems never were able to convince the electorate that their most important issues (Healthcare, Cap and Trade, etc) were appropriate or reasonable.
Pressing ahead with an agenda that is anathema to the center is an invitation to a November disaster of Goldwater-Carter proportions. I suspect there are simply too many Democrat politicians who do not want to sacrifice their careers for the President. They are no more wimpy than any other politicians; after all, the first rule of politics is to get elected, and the second rule is to get re-elected. They are just following the playbook for their profession.

By: Elizabeth Collins

Elizabeth Collins — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:34:05 +0000

I am a die-hard Dem and I totally agree that the Dems in Congress are acting like wusses. I couldn’t believe Obama reportedly said yesterday that it wouldn’t be right to push through HCR after the loss of the Kennedy seat in Mass. What? Push it through! History and the American people will thank you later.

What are they so scared of?

What are WE so scared of that we didn’t dare to protest that incredibly crazy Supreme Court decision back in 2000? Why do we put up with this?

I am not advocating revolution, but you know that the Tea-Baggers basically are…makes you wonder.

Are we Democrats just too nice? Can we play nice and effect positive change? Possibly not.