Do the Dems have a plan or is it too late?

[Onlooker]

The Democrats are truly in danger of losing Congress and a lot of governorships. They have been relying it seems on the adage that all politics is local and are counting on the traditional get out the vote campaign to survive the upcoming elections. But, the fact is that the Republicans (thanks to the fascist Tea Party) have the same kind of enthusiasm that the Democrats had in 2008. If the Democrats do not begin taking some chances, I think this election is going to be a disaster.

And where in the world are the progressives? I thought it was a complete humiliation that the major rally on the day of MLK's dream speech featured Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin. Why aren't progressive organizations trying to mobilize people not necessarily for the Democrats but to continue to push Americans to the left? Though Obama is not very progressive, he's still one of the most progressive presidents since FDR. If we allow him and the Dems to go down in flames, we risk another Reagan era, with a return to sexism, racism, homophobia, discrimination against the poor, and unbridled greed.

I just don't understand why the Democrat Party and various progressive groups are not trying to give a forceful response to the right wing. The mood in this country is probably not a lot different than the mood that brought Hitler to power.

[RandomThoughts]

1. Its like this.

There are two choices, fix it or let it destroy itself and then get fixed.

It is not that complicated.

It seems some people don't want to correct things that need correcting.

:shrug:

[ChairmanAgnostic]

5. Patriot, dom. surveillance, Torture, Contractor crimes

contractor fraud, war crimes, the Health Care fiasco, Drug reimportation, Public Option,

should I go on? Dare I go on?

[Tesha]

7. You mean people like the DLC members? (NT)

[AndyA]

2. I keep hearing some here at DU talk about it being a clever chess game,

with each move carefully calculated.

Now that the chess game is about to come to an end, and the available moves are few, would some of those DUers please explain how the rest of this is going to play out, because I gotta tell you, so far the game hasn't exactly been...well...brilliant?

Thanks.

Check...mate...

[DrDan]

3. could it be that the progressives feel, rightfully so, let down by an administration

that values bipartisanship more than the base that contributed money and time to win election?

And perhaps your view of how progressive this adminstration is differs than the view of others.

I am finding little energy to put forth.


on edit - I will continue to campaign for my congresswoman. I just sent her a check. She is worthy of the effort.

[griffi94]

4. speaking for myself only

it's hard to work up very much enthusiasm. imho, the democrats had a real opportunity to change things and instead tinkered around the edges trying to throw average americans a few more scraps while mostly maintaining the status quo.
the statues quo of the last 30 years is why we're in the mess we're in.

a slight rearranging of the deck chairs isn't going to keep the ship afloat.

[bigwillq]

6. Good post.

:thumbsup:

[budkin]

8. There's just no enthusiasm on our part... The way to get it up is to highlight the alternative