Reply #100: How utterly ridiculous. Since when do Senators answer to the President?

[Tarheel_Dem]

Especially Democratic Senators. Ever hear the term "herding cats"? They answer to their constituents, and Lincoln & Nelson represent very conservative constituencies. Your rage seems misplaced. Saying that Obama just needs to get in their faces is just plain clueless. Any Dem president would have faced the same resistance, which is why a Dem president wound up signing this crap bill in the first place. Remember that?

"Progressives" haven't come to terms with the fact that there are pockets of this country where a "true progressive" doesn't stand a chance, and that's where folks like Lincoln & Nelson come in. Pragmatists have long accepted the fact that this party accomodates everyone from Dennis Kucinich to Ben Nelson, and everything in between. Instead of focusing so much energy on blogs and internet websites, shouldn't "true progressives" be striving for a filibuster proof Congress? FWIW, posting angry crap on an internet site is not activism.

And ferchrissakes, please stop spreading the myth of 60 votes. We never had 60.