Don't be fooled by the Dems

Although I am very happy about the election results -- I think any rational thinking human being would be -- I am still skeptical about what the D's are going to be able to accomplish. How are they going to come together to find unity within the "big tent" to pass meangingful social and economic reform measures? It will certainly be an interesting two years in Washington.

Come 2008, Will Kucinich and the “New Democrats” Fool
Us Again?

“Escalating conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have stretched the all-volunteer force to the breaking point,” declares an October report by Will Marshall of the Progressive Policy Institute, the policy arm of the “centrist” (read: neocon lite) Democratic Leadership Council. “Democrats should step forward with a plan to repair the damage, by adding more troops, replenishing depleted stocks of equipment, and reorganizing the force around the new missions of unconventional warfare, counterinsurgency, and civil reconstruction.”...