Krugman: It would be really good if the Dems had a leader. Now...who could lead them? ,,,

[BurtWorm]

"How about that guy?"




http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/22/the-choice/

The Choice

So, House Democrats have a choice: do they pass the Senate bill, or do they go back to the drawing board and spend several months cobbling together a plan that’s worse in almost every dimension, generating thousands of stories about hapless Democrats — and almost surely find that Senate Republicans block the new plan, too.

Guess which way they seem to be leaning.

Maybe they’ll come to their senses over the next few days. It would be really helpful, of course, if Democrats actually had a party leader — you know, the president or someone.

[saracat]

1. How about Alan Grayson? His balls aren't glued to his thigh as" Jon Stewart"

would say!;) Grayson is a real leader.

[yurbud]

2. If Obama had put the screws to Baucus and other Blue Dogs, it would already be done

and he could have used his enormous initial popularity to push for a much better plan.

He did neither.

[Captain Hilts]

6. It seems that Obama and Kaine agreed with Baucus. nt

[yurbud]

10. sadly accurate

[ThomWV]

3. Back to the top

[daa]

4. All of this talk is cheap

Look at the polls and in MA people that voted for Obama that voted for Brown do not want THIS HCR. They want real reform and a public option and forcing through this piece of s++t is only going to enrage the public worse. The senate or house plan is not the change people voted for. Look at the polls, it is clear. The same old high-priced choice of one is not HCR. How does passing a plan that 1/3 of the people like do us any good? Eliminating pre-existing conditions without any mention of what they can charge is stupid.

[amborin]

5. fighting for the Senate version, when there was NO fight for the PO would be the final blow to dems

[Gregorian]

7. I want to agree, but...WE ARE THEIR LEADER.

And we are the problem. You might argue that WE didn't take impeachment off the table. But I argue that WE didn't put it back on the table. Our voices are not strong enough. Not loud enough. Not massive enough. Even millions hitting the streets against the Iraq war wasn't enough. It needed to be every day for a year if that's what it took. So knowing that, there are no leaders.

[kenny blankenship]

8. OMG Paul, now you're getting snarky!

[ThomThom]

9. the party needs to get Dean back before it is too late

three in a row (two governors and a senator)lost elections
one two three everybody point at someone to blame

[Edweird]

11. Actually, it was his leadership that got us where we are now. "I'm getting 95% of what I want"

"And you are getting screwed"