I received an email from

Becky Bond of Credo Action. Here is part of it:

The contrast between the Democratic state senators from Wisconsin and the Democratic senators in Washington, D.C. couldn't be starker.

In the face of extreme overreach by Governor Scott Walker and the Republicans in the state house, 14 Wisconsin state senators stood up and fought for almost a month — forcing Governor Walker to resort to a shady, cloak-of-night legislative maneuver which might not even be legal, and which powerfully reveals his commitment to destroying the progressive political base in his state above all else.

Senator Majority leader Harry Reid, on the other hand, took less than 12 hours to signal the Senate was willing to cave on Republican cuts to the budget.

After the Senate Democrats' bill to cut $6.5 billion from this year's budget and the House Republicans' bill to cleave $57 million both failed to pass the Senate on Wednesday, Reid announced early Thursday that "We accept the lessons of yesterday's vote. We know we'll have to make a sacrifice to reach consensus, and we are willing to do that."1

What? Didn't Harry Reid used to be a boxer? As Republicans wage a fierce war on progressive policies under the false pretense of "deficit reduction," Harry Reid and other Washington D.C. Democrats shouldn't simply cave — they should take this opportunity to call out Republican extremism, hold radical right-wing extremists accountable before the American people, and declare they will stand their ground for the environment, working families, women's health and the sake of our economic recovery.

In other words: It's time for D.C. Democrats to take a lesson from Wisconsin.
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Personally I don't know if it's possible to get through to the national democrats. But helping in attempts in getting through to them can't hurt. Here follows the link to a petition that was in the email:

http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/stand_and_fight/index2.html?r=7329&id=17833-3829147-hePt3Bx

Thanks for your time.

extinguished the fire in their belly

One is the Corporatist Democratic Party

The other is the real Democratic Party.

Quit PROTECTING the rich who make more than $106,000 per year, where the social security withholding cap stops.

Social Security IS NOT BROKE or in danger of going broke if they remove the cap for the richest wage earners.

The Democratic bill I don't know where they were going to get the money so I don't know if it is good or bad.

Can someone splain it to me?

:shrug:

to sacrifice on their position with Republicans to reach consensus on Thursday.