Democrats don't wimp out: Waldman

[malaise]

Good read.
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All over Washington, the sage barons of the establishment media are warning Democrats not to get cocky. Don’t move too fast, they say. Don’t push a bunch of wacky, left-wing ideas. Seek compromise, give ground, hew to the center, for only there lies the greatest prize of all: the praise of David Broder and Joe Klein, the nodding approval of the Washington Post editorial page, the admiration the Beltway cognoscenti reserve for those who know their place and know whose rings they should be kissing.

Bull. What Democrats need to do is spend the next two years crushing their opponents like bugs. It’s not about mercy, it’s not about manners, it’s about three fundamental goals: limiting the damage the Bush administration can do, passing whatever legislation they can in the short term to help the American public and laying the foundation for future progressive victories.

Democrats finally have the upper hand, and now’s the time to use it. Here are a few things they can do to get started.
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/11/15/democrats_dont_wimp_out.php

[rodeodance]

1. i am torn between these two poles. On the one hand, I think the repugs

will crush us badly if we are 'gentle" (hell, impeachment is already off the table). and on the other hand------if this rhetoric is true----and are not nice---then we will be dammed by the people.

[mmonk]

2. I doubt the people will

damn us if they find out what many of us know. I think the opposite.

[malaise]

3. That's my take on the

way forward. Start the investigations and make them public.