I don't have to worry about my two senators and my congressional representative. All three are Democrats, and all three are solid progressives. There are a number of other Democratic representatives from other districts in my state, and they, too, are firm when it comes to progressive values.

Nevertheless, I watch them very carefully, and I correspond with them regularly.

Granted, there are Democrats who are essentially indistinguishable from Republicans (prime example, Joe Lieberman), but to accuse all Democrats of being that way is just plain wrong. Anyone who says that there is no difference between the Republicans and the Democrats is merely making a cynical and uninformed accusation. That's the blanket judgment of someone who's just too lazy to really check on the actions of individual Democrats.

Don Firth