On 8/11/2012 11:27 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Sat, 11 Aug 2012 11:18:22 -0700, Patrick Elliott wrote:
>
>> This has been described, fairly accurately, as, "Republicans move more
>> right, so the Democrats move right to compromise with them, only to have
>> the Republicans move more right again." At best, the Dems have become
>> centrist, most would call them center-right, and "liberal" is some place
>> on a different planet from them. When Obama got elected this trend
>> became, "Democrats try to reclaim some vague semblance of progressive
>> ideals, Republicans move so far right that **they** are now on a
>> completely different planet as well, and they left the subspace radio at
>> home." Its like watching some old black and white slapstick act, where
>> one idiot is on the end of a balance beam, holding on by their fingers,
>> and the other idiot is trying to creep out towards the end of it, as it
>> tilts farther and farther towards dropping them both, in an attempt to
>> help rescue them. Only.. there is no "comedic" element in this act, at
>> all. Just a 500 foot drop, with no last minute "save".
>
> I've heard it said that the Democrats need a left-wing version of the Tea
> Party so they can say "we'd love to do x, but we have these loons way out
> on the left who won't vote for us if we don't" the way the tea party does
> on the right.
>
> There's not a strong enough progressive wing in the Democratic party to
> pull things back to the left.  It's kinda like a tug-o-war.
>
> Jim
>
Yeah, we are in the mud pit between, and the other referee went to 
lunch, so the other side just keeps pulling.

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