The Democratic Leaderless-ship

LeftCoaster nicely summarizes the horrendous failures of the Democratic Leadership, the latest one being the Medicare bill. Snippets:

....the White House and Rove have been working quietly behind the scenes to fashion success at any cost on both the drug and energy bills, with lobbyists and members of Congress. For those of us, myself included, who believe that intraparty problems within the GOP in getting individual bills passed will cause problems for Bush, we must realize that when push comes to shove, Rove and Bush will do whatever is necessary to get legislation through at the end of the session to deliver an outcome that can be packaged as a victory, so it can be used in the upcoming election. In this White House, that can mean giving carte blanche to businesses and industries in exchange for large campaign contributions for measures that will do nothing to curb drug costs or reduce our reliance on foreign energy. It even means that congressional rules can be stretched or broken when necessary to get the votes that are needed. .... Yet even though the GOP had been meeting with the AARP for months to see what could be done to get their support for the final bill, it seemed to catch the Democrats off guard when the AARP capitulated and supported the bill. And the Democrats’ response to the bill has been to oppose the bill outright for its long-term damage to Medicare. The GOP concedes that this approach will fail because voters aren’t able to grasp such complex reasons why the bill will damage Medicare.

In case you still have your head in the Fox/CNN/ABC/NBC/CBS sandbox, please note that the Democratic Leadership is supporting the best interests of big business, not its constituents.

It's time for a revolution.