If the White House just understood this one basic fact the country would be vastly improved.

[ThomWV]

Democrats are bold, we will not suffer timidity.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Local Democrats may be bold.

Something happens to them when they hit the national stage.

They turn chicken, and get bought off.

Disgusting.

And maddening.

[timeforpeace]

2. He may be who he always was.

[Sebastian Doyle]

3. I think there's some sort of mass hypnosis inside the beltway.

I don't know how they do it, if they drug the water or use some sort of radio waves or what, but it seems to be a completely different planet there.

You don't even have to look at the politicians for evidence, take Randi Rhodes as an example. Her show became unlistenable right after she moved it to DC.