Reply #216: Calculated Move to Appeal to Independents to attempt to capture [View All]

a base that Obama and Dems have most since 2008 due to their cowardice on so many fronts, caving to Wall Street, Insurance Industry, Big Oil and Coal on Climate Change legislation (or abandonment). This is to join the right wing crowd to point at the people who are causing the problems - the "professional progressives!" Demoncrats are uncomfortable blaming immigrants when the economy tanks. Republicans have no problem with that - find a vulnerable, smaller population and point at(scapegoat) them for the problems. So for the so-called moderate or corporatist democrats, not supporting gay marraige is easy, attacking progressives is easy. Who is next? Children of gays, of progressives? Maybe we can amend the 14th amendment to include not granting citizenship to people who disagree with us?

Progressives, like me and us, need to continue to fight, support candidates who will speak truth to power, maybe a few will even get elected in certain districts. But, until there is a great call by the population to throw the bums (republicans and right-wing democrats) out and move the agenda, it is going to be a long slog, no doubt!

Thank you Mr. Gibbs, for reminding us of that. I am sure Wall Street has a job waiting for you!