Reply #3: That's almost beside the point

[Spiffarino]

Sure the bastards stole it. The bigger problem is that the Democratic Party has been sliding rightward for years. Dean's right; the DNC has been turning into "Republican-Lite" and it's killing us.

It's time we stand on principle and not on who's the biggest fundraiser. The donations to the DNC, DCCC and DSCC were astronomical this year not because of corporate fatcats, but because we - DUers perhaps more than others - ponied up for democracy. The DNC promptly took that money and squandered it on their typical play-it-safe Bob Shrum campaign and caused us to lose ground big time.

I firmly believe if the Dems had a vision and a strong forward-looking message, we would have had so many votes that Rove couldn't have stolen it without being caught. The election wouldn't have even been close.