Reply #81: I agree with you about the enthusiasm [View All]

[mvd]

Obama has done many great things, but "bipartisanship" is not going to work right now in DC. The two parties are just too different. I think Emanuel has been encouraging compromise when he should not. I didn't like him, but thought he would be a good pusher of the President's plans. You have to come out and stand for some things. That's something the centrist and conservative Democrats too often won't do. Some Democrats seem to be blocking Obama's plans more than they did Bush's. The left was a big part of Obama's win, because the grassroots and left were with him over his opposition to the Iraq war. Though I personally didn't see much difference between him and the other Democratic Presidential hopefuls (except for Kucinich and odd Gravel.)

It's true that in some districts Blue Dogs/conservative Dems are the only ones that can win, but to me, Emanuel's funding did seem slanted against Progressives. He even warned about progressives/liberals getting more power in the party.