300 republicans.

Although far less heroic and for an ignoble cause, the republicans are stuck in the turtle formation portrayed by the Greeks at the end of the movie "300".

Huddled together, in their mutually protective stances and those of their partners-in-crime, they have been able to thwart much of the progress that the voters desired in 2006. It is a last ditch effort, an effort to slow the inevitable as long as possible. In itself, it is a signal of defeat... an effort to delay the final outcome, perhaps in hopes that an army will appear to save them from oblivion.

We need to break their formation to move on. That much should be obvious.

Democrats have thus far been doing this by trying to reason with the unreasonable. They have resisted using the weapons that their predecessors used so effectively during their rape and pillaging of America.

Why? republicans in office are representatives of their supporters only. Elected Democrats take on a sense of representing the entire population of their constituency. Perhaps it is that empathy that makes them Democrats in the first place. In Congress, that is probably not going to change.

However, the right person at the top of the ticket can.

I see three options to break the republican formation.

1. Wait the scum suckers out and pick them off one by one when they break formation to take a shit. When only shit-eaters are left in the formation, walk around them.

2. Offer them a place at the table and hope that compassion leads to their understanding and remorse. Promise them a cameo in the "300" sequel in return for finally doing what is right.

3. Crush them with the full fury of the Americans they have plundered.

Of the three leading Democratic presidential candidates, I see each one headed for a different option.

Any of the three will probably work in the long run, but I think we need to get the bastards out of the road damned quickly.

That is why I made the choice for the candidate I support.

Go John!

oh yeah. death.

Time for some action.

The Spartans (the 300) held off the Persians until reinforcements arrived. As such, this is not a good analogy, on a variety of levels. ;)

The 300 were killed.

The Persians were demoralized by the extended battle by so few, and the Greeks were energized. The Greeks won in the ensuing year as Persians continued their conquest.

Sorry, I think it is a good analogy for what I see. I didn't like putting the republican's in the heroic role that defended freedom in the earlier battle, but their tactics are the same, just not their cause.

The longer we let them stand in the way, the more energized their ilk becomes, and the more demoralized we become. That is what I see.

They forced a rotten greek political body to take action. In your analogy, Democrats are the Persian force that broke on the 300 (the Republicans). The 300 showed tireless, selfless service to the greater whole. They were nothing at all like Republicans. Reinforcements did come in the form of pretty much ever abled bodied man in Greece. Not before the 300 were killed, but in time to crush the Persian thrust. I don't really like analogies where the Democrats play the losers.

I think the good guys can win in both instances, but for anyone deny that Democrats are becoming demoralized by the roadblock is ludicrous. I was trying to point out the similarity of circumstances, with the roles reversed.

The driving goal is to not let the republicans succeed. I feel we need someone as our voice now who will leave no doubts that the republicans are not fighting for a just cause, therefore, no martyrs.

We don't want history to repeat itself. The longer they are allowed to stay in their formation the worse it is for all of us.