Reply #83: But moderates will call it a partisan witch hunt.

[JohnnyCougar]

I'd rather have a party in power than a party not in power. If the Democrats play their hand right, they can make gains in congress in 2010, too. There's about six vulnerable Republican Senate incumbents up for reelection in two years, so if we don't get our 60 votes this year, we have a pretty good shot at getting them two years from now.

But we ain't going to do that by polarizing this country and fighting amongst ourselves. We have to keep focused and united, and we have to appeal to moderates. Politicians aren't responsible for changing the views of people in this country. If you want to change people's minds, it's the people themselves that have to do that. If you want a more progressive country, the people have to change first -- not the politicians.