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In reply to the discussion: I am no longer a Democrat. [View all]liberalmike27
(2,479 posts)I'd like to see Obama with 60 plus Senators, and take the House, before I'm willing to totally go there.
If nothing else, it'd be nice to see them freak out, with the ability to do the main thing, campaign reform, removing money from politics, taking corporations out of the loop in contributions, and destroying super PACS, and PACs. Then see if they actually do anything, or if they keep pushing the right-wing line, or the corporate line.
Even FDR had 66 Senators. It's hard to judge Obama completely, when he's had to practically water everything he's tried down with Republican ideas that have been shown to fail, and continue to fail, when we've not even managed to give him that!?
And remember, there is a large part of the media designed to discourage the Democratic base--and from what I see, it works quite well. I'm actually never sure whether posts like this aren't made by right-wingers, who're designed to try to instill hopelessness in us, in our party. I'll give you the benefit of doubt, since I feel the same dismay.
I'm just not willing to give up, until we actually achieve that majority, enough to pass any bill, and see what they do, or don't do.