And that's why I can't figure out the Dem party to save my life. They keep voting for the guy that makes them feel good, instead of the candidate who can win. They keep doing that because of the grip of the corporate wing on the party, of course, who locked the progressives out of the party in the Reagan era, and hasn't let us back in since.

And then blamed progressives for 'losing' the White House to Bush/Cheney when they refused to vote for the corporate candidates shoved down their throats.

Not a winning strategy, but at least it gives them the perks of being corporate politicians, eh?

But I'm hoping a rebellion is setting in. We do seem to be on threshold of a huge anti-Republican wave. Here in Minnesota it happened when the MN Congress was able to override the Republican 'No New Taxes' governor's veto on the first transportation legislation in over 20 years to raise the gas tax. Now, the reason why they were able to do that in a Congress where the House isn't able to easily override a veto, is undoubtedly the sentiment afoot after the 35W bridge collapse. But people are actually fed up with the crumbling infrastructure & Republican unwillingness to take care of the state's business.

The Republican party's response was to fire the six Republican legislators who voted against the governor--who is co-chair of the McCain campaign, and is being touted as a finalist in McCain's VP list.

So, I think Americans are tiring of the 'no new taxes' crap, especially when they see no benefits themselves from the Republican tax cuts for the wealthy in recent years. Everybody sees their world falling apart when it comes to infrastructure. To cost of higher education for their kids, for health care, and sees we keep falling further and further behind in K12 education compared to the rest of the 1st world.

And the deficits. Oh man, what a health and environmental hangover from buying cheap Chinese shit nobody needs at Walmart prices is coming.