And my apologies for snapping at you, Ron. As you say, we're on the same side.
I have been deeply concerned with the direction this country has been going for some years now, and have been following political campaigns all that time. In addition to this, I have read more books lately than I would really care to have read (most recently, Robert Reich's Supercapitalism) and, Lord, I wish someone would come out with a series of "Cliff's Notes" on these books. One of the best I have read is a small, concise book by Paul Woodruff, First Democracy : The Challenge of an Ancient Idea, which I have recommended several times on these threads. The final chapter is entitled, "Are American's Ready for Democracy?" I'm currently on the hold list at the Seattle Public Library for The Conscience of a Liberal, by Paul Krugman (number 140 on a list for 25 copies!).
After pondering deeply about the state of the country and what I, as a citizen and voter, can do to try to help fix it, I think you can see why, when someone tells me that I have blinders on or that I don't know what a progressive is or that I don't understand the problem, I tend to get a bit cranky.
Perhaps we'll just have to agree to disagree on how best to fix things. Again, my apologies for snapping.