Reply #66: Excellent post, you should have made it an OP.

[sabrina 1]

So, now that we know that what we thought would work, electing 'more Democrats', doesn't, what is the solution? And please don't say 'better democrats' I heard that after we got a majority in 2006. That was the reason given for Democrats still voting along with Republicans on major Bush policies such as the continuation of funding for the War in Iraq. And for taking Impeachment off the table, among other things.

We got exactly one small crumb during those two years, which was a miniscule raise in the mimimum wage, a few cents that would be doled out over years or something, so little I've forgotten the details. The message then was 'wait 'til we get 'better Democrats' let's work hard for 2008'.

So, this now transcends parties. We are not going to get anything much from Democrats. As someone else said, they are the party of 'Better than Nothing' while the Republicans are the party of 'Nothing'. That's not acceptable. I am at a loss ~