Reply #6: That would take a sea change in the current CW, I think. [View All]

[mattclearing]

Our Senators aren't prepared to go to the mat for Kerry, they are terrified of the Republicans, and of what the voters that didn't vote for us this time will do to us next time if we fight and get abused by the media again.

It's totally ridiculous reasoning and seems to be doing us a lot of good the last three elections, but hey, that seems to be their mindset.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks sometimes.

I think in order to shift the debate back leftward we need to do what the GOP does: find the craziest left-wing nutjobs (and I mean that in the best possible sense) that are respectable enough to go on camera and give their right-wing nutjobs a run for their money.

We can be every bit as bold and self-righteously indignant as they can, but this current crop doesn't seem to be up to the task.

Fight fire with fire, I say. As long as it's ethical, let's throw our best extremists at them and shift the debate back towards the middle before it's too late.

Edited for spelling.