Wake up, and, if you are an American voter, tell your Representative to pass the Senate health bill as is, so Congress can get on to other things: specifically doing more to try to combat the recession--and not be seen as wasting huge amounts of time and effort with nothing to show for it.

Wake up and in general be more willing to compromise--don't see every concession to the other side (even Democratic opponents) as treason against "what we stand for".

As I said earlier, stop trashing religion--it seems likely that attitude is also visible outside Mudcat---and stop pushing for politically poisonous ideas like homosexual marriage. Both of those bring out even more supporters of the current Rightist demogogue--you'd play right into Sarah's hands.   You would think the Left would have learned from 2004--when this is exactly what happened.

In a contest between intolerant atheists and the "Religious Right", numbers count. So in the US the atheists have no chance. All they do is inflame the other side.