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The Blogosphere's Big Mistake In Campaign '08 | 116 comments (116 topical)

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It's not new (5.00 / 1) (#65)
by dianem on Sun Mar 30, 2008 at 02:28:03 PM EST
Daily Kos has been gleefully ripping Democrats pretty much since the 2006 elections. Some people seemed to think that since Democrats were nominally in charge of Congress, all of the bad laws should instantly be overturned. The reality is that we have minority control of the Senate, composed in part of red-state Dems who will could get kicked out of office in a heartbeat, and know it, and an obstructionist and unified Republican Party. Nothing is going to change until we get some real power. But the party line on Kos and other progressive sites was that Democrats in general and Pelosi and Reid in particular are cowards who are selling out the nation's values to the corporate leaders who pay for their campaigns.

I'm not going to pretend that Pelosi has never said anything stupid, but calling her a coward and sellout seems beyond the pale. The whole Clinton-is-establishment meme and the associated anger is based on the same arguments that have been going around for years. There is nothing new here.

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The Blogosphere's Big Mistake In Campaign '08 | 116 comments (116 topical)

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