Democratic leadership - not in touch, scared shitless of losing their big bucks backers, and being enabled by, who else...?

why, the wall street journal, of cuss, of cuss...

A front-page story in the Journal illustrates how MoveOn -- with a budget of millions of dollars and a large membership base -- has advanced itself as a player in Democratic party politics. The article makes the case that the organization's support has been critical to the success so far of the Lamont campaign in launching an insurgency against a major Democratic senator, remarking that MoveOn's endorsement of Lamont "injected cash and volunteers into the antiwar candidate's crusade to unseat one of the staunchest Democratic supporters of the Iraq war."

But other Democrats fear that MoveOn's activities could harm the party as a whole. Party leaders fear that a leftward movement, concentrated heavily on Iraq, "would imperil moderate and conservative Democrats whose appeal in Western and Southern states is critical to winning back Congress. It could also alienate swing voters, who polls suggest are shifting back to the Democrats this year. Says moderate Louisiana Democrat Sen. Mary Landrieu, who supports Mr. Lieberman, 'I don't think it's a winning strategy or a smart strategy.'"

the bigger the people-powered movement gets, the more we can expect that everything - and i mean EVERYTHING, including the kitchen sink - is going to be thrown at us... when access to the feeding trough is imperiled, whether they're dem or r porkers doesn't matter, they're all gonna get really nasty... (actually "gonna get" is a misstatement... they've BEEN really nasty for quite a while now...) and labeling these weasels as "moderates" is just part of how ugly a game is being played... they're no such thing... they're part and parcel of an extremely corrupt power structure that is WAY overdue for the winds of change...

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