Reply #382: The problem is that we are LITERALLY in the trenches right now [View All]

[Hippo_Tron]

You're right, beating anybody with an "R" next to their name and replacing them with anybody who has a "D" next to their name is not a long term solution to rebuild our party or to get a progressive agenda enacted. The problem is that Bush is literally 5 senate seats away from being able to let all hell loose in this country, at least moreso than he has done already. As much as you may disagree with me, you can't honestly tell me that the country wouldn't be much worse off if there were 3 more Scalias on the SCOTUS. We do need to think in the long term and I think that our new chairman Howard Dean is doing a damn good job of that. However, we also do have to look at the harsh reality that is right infront of us. We are in a sense at war with these people and as far as I'm concerned, people like Ben Nelson and Joementum who vote to give us power and don't vote to give the GOP power are our allies, no matter how reluctant they may be or we may be willing to have them.

BTW I think that we could solve a lot of our problems by getting a strong LEADER into the oval office like say, Russ Feingold.