Democrats In Name Only

So the DINO's in the Senate, so jealous of their "Blue Dog" colleagues in the House, are forming a quote "loose coalition" of fiscal conservative Democrats in the Senate. This sound to me more like a Cover Your Ass relationship. Most of these people come from somewhat conservative states and so I guess they are afraid of electoral challenges from the right. But at the time in this country where the Democrats have finally regained power haven't these idiots recognized that the landscape has changed? They are an answer searching for a question at this point. Most of them aside from Ben Nelson who can kick rocks, come from states that President Obama won just last fall. But now they appear to want to look more like a Republican than a Democrat. I have to say that if these assholes get in the way of President Obama's agenda their biggest problem might not be a general election but a primary if liberals and progressives have anything to say about it. Yeah its a big tent party but if you want to be a Democrat that should actually MEAN something. If its just to cover your ass when big issues come up I would much rather have a smaller Democratic caucus than have a bigger one with unreliable people in it. This line from Politico rings very true.

“If the moderate Democrats in the Senate are willing to work with moderate Republicans…they will negate the White House’s ability to portray opposition…as partisan."

If these people can't see that they will be legitimizing bullshit Republican talking points then they are too stupid to be in the caucus anyway. I will reserve judgement for now until they actually do something. But after the hijacking of the stimulus bill I am definitely not encouraged.