Reply #163: The Democrats only have themselves to blame

[Don Draper]

Our party completely squandered their mandate for change. As a result, the base stayed home. The cons are mistaken if they interpret the Brown victory as an indicator of the country shifting to the right. If we followed through on the sweeping change promised in the previous election, progressives would dominate in 2010. Now the country sees the democrats as pandering to the banks, corporations & lobbyists......our credibility is lost amongst independents; however, I will say "swing voters" who voted for Brown are complete idiots (especially after witnessing the destructive conservative policies over the previous 8 years which nearly sank us into a 2nd great depression).

It would also be nice if President Obama was more like candidate Obama.