I have many pithy ways of expain'n why the Dems don't do anything. 1) Dems got no balls, 2) You need a Decider, not a fence rider, etc.

But the bottom line is that the Dems and Republicans both work for the same guys with fat wallets. The only difference is that Dems have to keep up the pretence of being for the little guy.

At least we're not as hippocrit...hypercritical....whatever that big word is.

For a year now it's been nothing but compromises, watered-down ideas, weakened provisions, wider loopholes, softened regulations.

2006 to today has been disappointing, to say the least.

Republicans don't have the brains to govern. Democrats don't have the balls.

"But they must know the public hasn't grown even more wary of big business and Wall Street, on which effective government is the only constraint."

In the above, I presume "hasn't" should read "has".

I think this misdiagnoses the problem. As a member of the base in good standing, I don't really care whether Democrats in elected office blame corporate greed, or Republican obstruction, or the phases of the moon for the country's problems. I want them to pass their agenda. If the only point they have to make is "Look! We can't pass anything, even with our huge Congressional majorities! And it's all the fault of [X]!" then I am going to spend zero time and money working for their reelection -- and why should I? Either pass an agenda, or go home.

Much of the reason for the Democrats' astonishing reluctance to place blame where it belongs rests with big business's and Wall Street's generous flows of campaign donations to Dems, coupled with their implicit promise of high-paying jobs once Democratic officials retire from government. This is the rot at the center of the system. And unless or until it's remedied, it will be difficult for the President to achieve any "change you can believe in."

This is exactly as I read the problem. And the solution? There is none. They will gladly give up power again instead of doing what needs to be, and should be done, for the good of our country just so they can personally benefit when they leave government. And from what I understand the president hates being saddled with the 'change we believe in' albatross. Which fits perfectly with your narrative.

Gosh, what was that pollster's first clue?

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Yes, it's all our leaders' fault for demoralizing us so much that we're perfectly happy to see what happens under Speaker Bachmann and Senate Majority Leader DeMint. We will bear no personal responsiblilty whatsoever for that, it will all be their own fault. If they can't make things better in two years, there's simply no reason at all not to just let them become a whole lot worse. Let's go ahead and let the Republicans kill the country. Then those Democrats will be sorry they didn't do what we wanted.

And, best of all, we will bear absolutely no personal responsbility for the consequences whatsoever. That's the only lesson anyone can possibly draw from what happened in 1994 and 2000.

The Dem base is lethargic because congressional Democrats continue to compromise on everything the Dem base cares about.

Bingo! This isn't about Steve King or Glenn Beck or the Tea Partiers. This is about Democrats on the legislative front line letting down their constrituents because they only listen when money is involved. This is a democracy, and our "leaders" work for us, or, at least, they're supposed to. Anymore spinelessness, and those constituents are going to decide they have more in common with those who despise this governnment and the corrupt noodlers in it.

Mr. Reich, I don't know how much more clear we could have made this issue to your pollster friend. On Jan 19, after the MA election, I wrote a brief post with the headline:

"Once again, Democrats try to get elected by Republicans, wonder why plan fails."

The post itself was simply:

"The sad thing about this is that it is not a headline in The Onion.
I just don't know how they expect to win elections when passionate democrats cannot bring themselves to campaign for them."

Others have been saying the same thing (much better than I could) for months now.

Democratic politicians whose real constituents are lobbies, special interests and big business can try to do what Republican politicians do when it comes time for an election, which is buy lots of votes cheap by energizing various single-issue sctors of the voting population: evangelicals, abortion foes, gun enthusiasts, etc. It works very well for Republicans because there's no obvious cost for this once elected other than talking about it and enacting a bit of mostly ceremonial legislation, nothing that impedes the interests of the true constituents.

This vote-buying just doesn't work as well for Democrats who want to pay lip service to populist concerns while "feeding the greed" back at the Beltway. The price of a Democratic vote is higher, and the Democrat who votes for you is going to expect something substantial for his or her vote. When that something substantial conflicts with the interests of the special interests, big business and lobbies, well, there's going to be a problem.

The "Can't Buy My Vote" Democrats have put Democratic Politicians in a spot where they must choose between their comfort in congress and votes at home. It really has come down to "Their Money or My Vote" (or services as a campaigner for their re-election, which is even more important.) And rightly so. We elect Politicians to go to work for our interests, not their own.

The "Green Tea Partiers" are not going to stop talking about this issue, and since they represent some of the most progressive, principled, passionate Democrats out there, party leadership really does need to take notice.

Man, you've got to be kidding me. Giving up & letting anything resembling the bush administration back in is the answer? NO EFFING WAY! The answer is, go with the best of the two, which is obvious, then improve it, then improve it some more, & so on. If our reps need a big kick in their collective butts with a dose of backbone & guts, then it's us & only us that can do that. The bush administration is what inspired me to get active & participate. They exposed themselves for what they really are & the effect that truly has my life & that's a couple of lifetimes worth of enthusiasm for me & I bet a lot of others here. DON'T EVER FORGET!!!

Lets not forget Obama escalating the Afghanistan war beyond anything Democratic voters thought he was talking about in the campaign. And I wonder if he won't keep more troops in Iraq than he said. And he caved so quickly on Israeli settlements; he won't accomplish anything there.

Obama is a huge disappointment for many voters and that is just a fact. He won't even hold the torturers and their accomplices accountable; thats just too hard. If he doesn't get anything done on a healthcare bill this year, I don't think he and the Democrats in Congress will go back to it. They are all fine, healthcare guaranteed for life.

Why should I care about keeping the Democrats in power? I don't believe the Repubicans can cut Social Security and Medicare or recriminalize abortion.

The sky is falling.

We’re all disappointed in Obama, but the fact is, if we pressured him, he’d probably step up to the plate and be the hero we all hoped for when we voted for him. The problem is that our major progressive organizations like MoveOn and others have millions of members that still think he’s a progressive. They assume if Obama is pushing the bill, it must be in our best interests. They want to click on a survey link saying they support his policies, and feel like they’re making the world better. So all of our big progressive groups won’t come out against his policies. But if they did, and if we had better solutions than either the Dems or the Repubs are proposing, I think Obama would step up the plate and be the Change agent we all hoped for.

Take health care reform, for instance. Instead of giving us true reform, Obama and our Democrats have come up with this “Insurance Industry Profit Protection and Enhancement Act.” This faux reform bill will force us to pay the very insurance companies that are destroying our health care system. (And don’t believe him when he says the rich will pay for this new boondoggle. The middle class always has and always will pay for everything.) Obama has even abandoned the one component of reform that would help us most – the public option.

If progressives want true healthcare reform, we should demand that Congress drop the individual mandate and simply give us a public option in the form of expanded Medicare at cost, along with the sensible reform ideas in the bill (allow purchasing across state lines, remove preexisting condition limitations, reduce prescription prices by removing Bush era constraints, create the exchange and find ways to get Medicaid recipients into it, and tort reform to reduce out of control medical malpractice claims).

This solution I’m suggesting is not socialized medicine, because people can still choose to pay the rip-off insurance companies if they want. Hence, there won’t be a huge backlash against government takeover of health care. By providing the public option at a less expensive price than what for-profit insurance companies can offer, with a the additional reform ideas that stabilize the non-federal system, we’d be actually utilizing our government for one of its major purposes – the opportunity to pool our resources to create systems that can provide more than what individual citizens could have on their own. Like roads and environmental programs, the government is the perfect vehicle to allow us to join forces and create a viable and sustainable health care system in America. But we’re not going to get there unless we get the insurance industry out of the loop.

When the people lead, the leaders will follow. It’s time to set a direction for our President and our Democratic Party that pulls the rug out from the Insurance industry’s death grip on our government. Obama might just become the hero we all wish he was if we step up the plate ourselves and create more sensible solutions to our healthcare crisis.

John Kerry, in his blog "This is not a game" just provided an wonderful and timely example of why the Democratic base isn't enthusiastic.

With Senators like Kerry, who confuse leadership with whining on TPM Cafe about how powerless they are to make a difference, what's to get enthusiastic about?

Hmm. Lots of enthusiasm -- even passion -- on this blog.
You'd think some Democrats would ask themselves, "Hey, how come none of that enthusiasm is for me? How can I tap into that passion?"
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2. What I wrote about shame? Ditto for encouragement. Forget it. Useless.

3. What you wrote above was 500 words without even one specific suggestion for getting Democrats moving and Republicans in line. (I know, you said "Let's Debate!" but you know that doesn't really count.) Do some real things, please.
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Maybe there should be a "Bunning Shunning." Like a really serious one. Nobody talks to the guy. Uninvite him from parties and events. Bring the workers he disemployed to Washington and have one follow him every time he goes to the bathroom. Nothing makes a guy more nervous than having an angry unemployed guy glaring at him while he's trying to pee.

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