Than there were those who followed him as if he espoused some messianic deliverance/and or the removal of the old political machine.

Than there were those of us who remembered GWB's bi-line, "uniter, not a divider," and for eight years we were divided.

He is like an empty suit that Hollywood has filled in with new dialogue: a script rewrite.

To me, one of the bitterest aspects of this was the sheer vileness with which Hillary was treated because she presumed to criticize The One.

She was pressured to get out of the race since Iowa by the media and Obama's devotees, on the clear assumption that she was standing in the way of Destiny, of an era of Greatness. As disgusting as the means his supporters used to tear down Hillary, the presumption always seemed to be that it was a means justified by its historic, politics altering end.

To see now, in a fashion even his followers seem to can't find a way to dispute, how little political payoff the man might, in fact, ever engender must come as a rude awakening for those who weren't skeptical from early on.

But I have no interest in forgiving these KoolAid drinkers. No matter your level of intoxication, you're responsible for your most egregious behaviors.

That means you, Kos, and you, Josh Marshall, and virtually all of the left blogosphere, not to mention a very sizable portion of the media, and the vast majority of academe.

You were fools. You acted like thugs. You ganged up like the most ignorant and self-righteous mob to beat down and away all opposition.

Funny how those who are really on the left and want the same basic policies they have always wanted from a candidate are being "led" by centrists on the blogs.

Yes...you have proclaimed yourself centrist from day one and have stated that you do like the DLC. How much more centrist can you get than that?

So why the disappointment? Flip flopping? A pol is a pol right?

The center is not in the middle between the most extreme left and right.  It's wherever the mass of the voters are. I believe that mass of voters has moved to the left over the past twenty-five years. The politicans need to catch up, move left themselves, and indeed get to the head of the pack so they can take the country in a better direction.

Fowler and Germond aren't trying to communicate with Clinton's big donors (who the email was aimed at).

They're trying to rile the troops.  The DNC's still using the same playbook but the arena has changed.  Obama never did so well in the polls as when he was running against Clinton and it was a big beat the b*tch competition.  And now Obama's stagnant in the polls and the usual rah-rah hopey-changey stuff isn't working.

They can't ressurrect the anti-Clinton fever against Clinton directly because she's now 'unified' (ok, yeah, whatever).  But they can take aim at her supporters.  

They're trying to be Caesar exhorting the troops before the big battle, except Fowler is no Caesar, the troops aren't and never were real warriors, and the Gauls here are like 'ok, whatever, still not votin' for ya'.

Their motives are reelection and adding to the majority for protection.

To do what?

No one knows any more.

No one knows who these 'Democrats' are or what they really think or want...not for sure, anyway.

Evidence is mounting, though, that we are miles from any progressive leadership on the horizon...not in the House, the Senate or in our probably nominee for the WH.

The real progressives, the real leaders with experience and moxie and identifiable values are on the sidelines now...Hillary, Al Gore, Bill...

I grew up in WNY.  My hometown is a resort, a very successful one.