Why would I vote for a party that promised me hope and change in the form of a new personality?
Warning Signs: Quick Involvement, Desperately pressures you for a commitment so you’re in a relationship in less than 6 months.

Why would I vote for a party that is actively trying to cut social security and has cut medicare?
Warning Signs: Elder abuse, Steals from you or take your money, Rigidly controls your finances, Engages in unlawful activity

Why would I vote for a party that is willing to follow the previous administrations politicization of DOJ?
Warning Signs: Has a history of bad relationships, Destroys the lives of others for political gain

Those now in power in the Obama administration are the heirs of the former Rockefeller Republicans who were ousted from the Republican Party by the extreme religious zealots who now dominate it. The fiscally corporatist but socially liberal Rockefeller Republicans (now Obama Republicans) have, under the rubric of the DLC, hi-jacked the Democratic Party. Time to restore real Democrats and real democratic values to power: real jobs and health care for real people, not endless corporate profits.

Each year, for the past five years, members of what has become known as the “netroots” have come together for an annual convention known as Netroots Nation to participate in a forum for progressive activists and candidates to strengthen communities online and grow the progressive movement. As the “netroots” prepares for another convention, what might be the outcome? What is the state of the “netroots” and how are Democratic Party politics impacting the “netroots”?

Originally posted at The Left Shue, this piece speaks to the perceived withering on the part of congressional Progressives in the face of their Health Care Reform defeat.

Third party voting can make changes!

There will never be an opportunity to hand over so much to so few again because Obama’s “liberal facade” has crumbled away exposing his DLC/New Dem agenda.

Just one more “concession” for the pragmatic Obama healthcare plan and Ben Nelson signs on. Unfortunately, for poor and working-class women, this one is even more draconian that the others. Roe V Wade finally loses out to the “grown up” dems of America.