Here's the plan

[steelmania75]

The Massachusetts Senate Election should be a wake up call for the Democrats.

Here's what you do now: FIX PARTY LEADERSHIP.

Remove Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi from their leadership positions and replace them with Bernie Sanders and Dennis Kucinich.

Kucinich and Sanders are true liberals who care about the American working class, and want to put an end to the special interests' influence on Washington.

Once you fix the leadership positions, make legislation that people want to see happen.

Examples are legalize pot/drugs, pull out of Iraq and Afganistan, and regulate Wall Street.

But we won't be able to pass efficient legislation until the special interests' influence on Congress is ended. That's why the first thing we need to get to before we pass anything else is to have campaign-finance reform that'll give us elections and campaigns funded by THE PEOPLE, NOT WALL STREET.

Then, once the president and Democrats in Congress have support, pass more liberal legislation such as legalizing gay marriage nationally, bringing in a progressive tax system, and abolish the Patriot Act.

What do you guys think?

[ShortnFiery]

1. I like the way you think. KnR. eom

[rhett o rick]

16. You do? Just how do we replace Harry and Nancy? nt

[Rosa Luxemburg]

2. you haven't mentioned taxes

[steelmania75]

11. I mentioned progressive tax system...

[MadBadger]

3. I stopped at Dennis Kucinich.

[babylonsister]

4. No. That's loco.

Kucinich is a non-starter (IMO), and Pelosi has been the most effective House Leader for Dems in many years, or ever.

Try again.

[KonaKane]

5. You make too much sense.

I can already see rightwing heads popping all over the horizon, at the mere thought of it.

But heavens, we can't be mean now can we.

[marylanddem]

6. Everything you said is true - and I, too, like the way you think.

[HughMoran]

7. I like it

...sounds like the beginning of a novel.

Heh, don't get mad, I'm just not seeing Sanders as a "Party Leader" at this time. Kucinich is a little bit more well spoken, but he couldn't get the votes needed for the position, so that's out as well.

[jgraz]

8. Good idea, but Sanders can't lead a party he's not a member of.

Let's go with Feingold instead. And Barbara Lee for Speaker.

[dflprincess]

9. Bernie's not actually a Democrat so odds are they wouldn't put him in charge

- not that it isn't a great idea.

[progressoid]

10. Riiiight. And who is going to fix the party leadership? The party leaders?

Maybe if we all post our dissatisfaction online, they'll gladly give up their leadership roles and let someone else take over.

[steelmania75]

13. Well, there needs to be some kind of leadership change.

Basically nothing has happened over the past year, and it's looking like the same old.

I can't stand Reid and Pelosi. It's like watching a bad SNL skit over and over.

Obama and the Dems have a ton of work to do for the next ten months so that they can keep control of Congress, because if the Republicans get both houses this year, then NOTHING'S gonna get passed in 2011 and 2012, and Obama will be a one-termer.

[upi402]

12. we need an opposition party, this one is broken

"Kucinich and Sanders are true liberals who care about the American working class, and want to put an end to the special interests' influence on Washington."
I'm with you.

[steelmania75]

14. And I believe one can be formed.

If we can get the liberals(who are 20-25% of the electorate) on board, along with some of the Independents and those who never vote(35-40% of the total electorate), a third-party would be a force.

[rhett o rick]

15. LOL. I think you been into the mushrooms. You sound as if we were in charge and could replace

Harry and Nancy. Get real.

[ibegurpard]

17. if you think legalizing pot and drugs is the first item on the agenda

of the average American then you're ON them.
I don't disagree with you on the issue though.