Glad you're here! I usually feel that way myself. The point is to rack up the "D's" so their numbers are greater than the "R's". But yeah, there was Blanche Lincoln. There was Ben Nelson. There was Max Baucus. When he, a so-called "D," was replaced by an "R," it was just a shrug. Oh, okay, we went from a closet "R" to a real "R" that actually calls himself an "R". Okay fine. Whatever.
As for people like Mary Landrieu, I've never liked her because, as with people like Blanche Lincoln, she can't be counted on to stand with us. I find myself wondering - why should I send any money to her? She can usually be counted on to side with the bad guys, so why should I help her. And after Tuesday, I just don't know anymore. Are we better off without her?
One BIG mistake I think OUR party has made is going back to the DEBBIE mentality. Beltway Only and Always-and-Ever-More the Beltway. Well, what we're seeing is a shrewd strategy playing out by the bad guys - starting in the grassroots and growing their brand locally and THEN taking over nationally. Our side ignored the locals, the state elections, the little "nothing" races like lands commissioner - hey, that's where ted cruz came from. And mark my words, that kind of little "nothing" position is where the bush machine is beginning again, to rise from the ashes with george P. bush. WATCH OUT! We have to watch him closely, because they're slowly but surely grooming him and positioning him and helping him and nurturing him and bringing him up from the minor leagues with an eye toward the White House. I'd bet on it.
We're not playing smart. THEY are. We need the Howard Dean mentality back in the saddle at the DNC. His "50-State Strategy" focused OUTSIDE the Beltway, and look at the results we had! D's swarming into Washington, taking the House back from the GOP (anybody remember when Nancy Pelosi took the gavel from Sore Loserman dennis hastert, who took his ball and went home in a giant pout - she sure didn't do that when she had to hand the gavel over to boner! SHE stayed and kept fighting!), strengthening the Senate where we already dominated, AND grabbed the White House back. Then Howard Dean left, replaced by another Beltway BONEHEAD who thought that was all wrong, and her idea was to bring it all back inside the Beltway. (Where it "belonged". 
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