Democrats as prey

[idahoblue]

This opinion article was in our local paper, the Mountain Express, located in a blue oasis in Idaho.

http://www.mtexpress.com/story_printer.php?ID=2005134195

[elocs]

1. Like prey, Democrats are always on the defensive

as they allow the Republicans to define them and to define the terms of the debate. It's a recipe for ending up as dinner on the GOP plate.

[howaboutme]

2. Our problem as a Party

is that populism could be our tailwind but it often gets stymied by the elitism that controls the purse strings and Party.

Simple example: Congress and Obama should have gone after Wall Street, and Americans on both sides would have supported it, but instead Wall Street was rewarded. Wall Street represents big Party donors.

[Nite Owl]

3. Aand Wall St donors ended up

turning on them anyway! They couldn't even settle for a slap on the wrist. Same with the Health Insurance companies, they got a huge gift in the plans and still they all supported the GOP. The dems managed to alienate everyone.

[yurbud]

4. this is so self-evidently true, you have to wonder if the Democrats are just playing a role as loyal

opposition, sort of like Alan Colmes used to do on Hannity and Colmes.