The American people will continue to take it in the ass because both political parties are bought off by the same financial elite which has destroyed this country as a matter of "libertarian" or "neoliberal" ideology.
We HAVE to get a candidate to go up against Obama in the primaries. If we don't, Democrats are going to risk being wiped out again.
If it meant ridding the party of the neolibs, that would be a good thing, but I have doubts the party could ever get back into power.
Conason:
No doubt the Obama White House, which too often prefers "bipartisanship" to principled confrontation, will be tempted to make such a deal. The problem is that cutting the budget so drastically will undo the stimulative effects of the December tax-and-spending agreement — and plunge the economy back into recession. The President loses either way.
Perhaps the time has come for the Democrats to adopt a different strategy. Let the Republicans govern, or misgovern. Don't rescue them from their own recklessness. Don't vote to raise the debt ceiling unless and until the Republican leadership supports the bill — and if they refuse, let them take the responsibility for the consequences. Let's see how long they can listen to the screaming of their major contributors on Wall Street as the world economy shudders. Make the hostage takers surrender this time.
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