Reply #178: I find it amusing that "working against the Dems",

[Luminous Animal]

at least from a Green perspective, means supporting a living wage, universal health care, CAFE standards that are comparable to European standards, public education, unions, a strong and stable Social Security, welfare, progressive taxes, marriage equality, etc. Issues that Dems are overwhelming agree with but our Reps & leadership minimize in the name of political expediency... er, pragmatism.


DUers have written quite a bit about Republicans voting against their own self-interest. Given the fact that the Democratic apparatus consistently jettisons the will of their rank and file, "pragmatic progressives" are no less suckers than the teabaggers.