[mburbank]

Cower and hide should be the slogan of the Democratic party. I swear, I swear I am ashamed to be a Democrat. No spine, no vision, no value to strongly held to jettison.

The ONLY reason I am a Democrat is that weak and craven as we are, we are still the only remotely possible alternative to the Republicans, but I am very close to being able to vote for a third party spoiler even if it meant handing the reigns to Republicans again, because

A.) We'll almost certainly hand it to them anyway

and

B.) Maybe, maybe if the progressive wing of the party totally abandoned it a movement might grow out of the ashes.

I think through our profound lack of peadership we will loose the mid terms, despite a President with poll numbers in the fucking thirties. And the Republicans will take this as a message that they can do anything, they can steal, they can lie, they can bankrupt the nation to fill their own damn piurses, and the people will do nothing about it.

If it weren't for Feigngold and Conyers I'd think this country was over.