A sea change in party politics.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

25. Sorry,

I had to run some errands....

I'm not third way, I detested Clinton's politics of triangulation and have never been happy with Obama's conciliatory and concession granting approach. I think WH security puts my letters through the scanners at least twice. I am, however, old enough to have learned that trying to rush things past the American electorate never ends well.

The chained CPI will hit my SS benefit...but for all of a whopping $3.00 a month, so I can live with it if I must, until Dems in congress feel strong enough to change to a better, more generous calculation. The average benefit will be cut by $4.00 a month, btw.

I'll tell you exactly what is enough for me...Supreme Court appointments that don't take the country back to the 18th century. The two things Clinton got right were Ruth Bader-Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer.

I believe that the Democratic party has, indeed, moved right...but I am not certain, beyond all shadow of a doubt, that it was a mistake to do so...it may have been necessary in order to return to the national scene. The party is again moving left...slowly, I grant you that, but an object in motion can only gain momentum if it remains in motion. If abandoned by the base, the movement will stop and we'll be stuck with a bunch of lunatic republicans running the joint. And, a Supreme Court of which Torquemada would have been proud to be a member.

I'm never freaked out, or sniffy. I find the constant assault of DUers on each other rather disturbing, but not enough to freak out.