Lets not overlook the number of male posters who chose not to comment here explaining it was outside their experience. Would that be an acceptable answer if it were a race issue and not gender?

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Lake Lady says:
17 January 2010 at 5:56 pm

That’s because it isn’t.

And it’s absolutely bullshit that “a lot of the left did not support Gore, they ran off and voted for Nader.” Nader was a factor, especially in FLA, but Florida was a cluster—- mostly because of the Democratic pushed butterfly ballot, and Gore didn’t demand a full state recount. But in the end Harris and Jeb were big problems, as was the Brooks Brothers riot. Also… If Gore had taken Tennessee, his home state, or Arkansas, Clinton’s state, or even New Hampshire, where Clinton was beloved, history would have looked differently.

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0876793.html

This time last year the right was ON ITS KNEES.

I appreciate loyalty to Barack Obama, believe me, but the health care bill has lingered until this point because he CHOSE to stay out of the fight all 2009. That is until Sarah Palin, of all people, woke him and his Administration up. It’s absolute rubbish that the problems today have to do with lack of unity, but instead is inspired by PRINCIPLE, because people think what’s being passed in the name of Democratic ideals is a sell out.

And last time I looked Republicans weren’t exactly walking in unison.

As for Coakley, I am not hearing what lynnette is talking about, because people are telling me she has been an awful campaigner.

In politics, the most committed wins. We were that in 2008, but in 2009 a lot has happened. What many of you do not get is that the 1st year in EVERY president is the signature year where an impression is made and reputation is begun. Obama has not had a good year.

The race isn’t lost yet, but this is a signal of what Democrats in office have done, which is lose the trust of the people. The left is pushing them in the right direction, even if they refuse to go. Thank the gods for the left, the only principled part of the Democratic Party right now, who also happen to represent a majority of Americans who think the current health care bill sucks.

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You got it.

Lynnette~ You make a very good point about the money pouring in to Brown.

Bingo lynette!!! Mr. Brown is getting money in hopes of accomplishing one thing…that is to defeat health care. In defeating health care the right interprets this as a win in their ultimate goal of hoping Barack Obama fails. Damn every body else…just as long as Barack Obama fails. I can only hope that who ever votes for this schmuck on the basis of hoping Barack Obama fails, I hope that the very next day after the health care bill is defeated, they lose their job and medical insurance…I know its mean but…karma can be mean as well.

You are right that we are a big tent party, and that’s are strength and our weakness. One faction doesn’t get what it wants, and it runs off bashing the other factions, and Democrats lose. Democrats never seem to be able to see the big picture, and look long term. We on the left seem to be very shortsighted, while Republicans hold their factions together and look long term. They are willing to give Dems four years, if they can rule for ten. So far that’s worked pretty well for them.

Not only that Marie205 but Hillary is the Secretary of State for the United Staes not the Secretary of State of the Democratic Party. I would be totally inapropriate for here to get involved politically. Besides, if the Democratic party wanted her to campaign for down ticket candidates, maybe they should have Nominated her for the Democratic Nominee. All I can say is that I have been rocking sided to side with glee looking at Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Reid look at how well their trecherous triangulating to aide President Barack Obama get the nomination has backfired.

When looking at this photo you would think these two guys had always been friends.

Bush I was not like by the right to much either…Even Regan had his Republican haters back in his day…But, I have never seen a feeding frenzy to destroy a President like this being unleashed now toward Obama. Bill Clinton is the only President I think of that compares to the hatred directed at Obama.

This reminds me of a Will Rogers saying:“Democrats never agree on anything, that’s why they’re Democrats. If they agreed with each other, they would be Republicans.”

Not to worry angels81, the Democrats are walking in lock step, united, off the political cliff when it comes to that crappy HCR bill that Harry Reid is desperately trying to get to Obama’s desk. That’s exactly why Martha Coakley is fighting for her political life right now–in liberal bluest of blue states Massachusetts.

When did the left walk away from McGovern? Seems to me like they followed him off a cliff (I would have to if I had been voting). When did we walk away from Gore? We elected him, he decided not to fight in the interest of keeping the country calm.With Kerry it was not low voter turn out that sank him it was swift boats that he refused to fight.Bill Clinton is the Democrat that much of the left walked away from and he was elected twice because he knew how to fight.

I really don’t understand how you think progressives have hurt the HC bill? All they have done (the elected progressive) is give in to conservative demands? In doing so they came up with a HC bill giving everyone something to hate instead of giving a fervent minority a reason to work very hard at supporting him.

You are right Dems don’t walk in lock step like the Repubs and that is a disadvantage but come on..Obama had the wind at his back when he was elected he could have gone much farther and the left would have been cheering him on and they would be energized to fight the good fight right now.

I just don’t see how this is the fault of the left.

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Even if Martha makes barley over the finish line…It will be seen as another loss to Dems…Win or Lose Brown ran an effective campaign in a Blue state and proved Republicans have not gone into extinction as some foolish Dems were claiming earlier…

Democrats have always done this, the left walked away from McGovern, Carter, Gore, Kerry, and never really liked Clinton until after the fact. We have always been our worst enemy. Instead of hammering tea baggers and Republicans, we waste our energy hammering Democrats. I’ve seen more negative comments about Coakley on so called liberal sites then on right wing sites.

It will be us liberals who will make sure there is no health care bill to build off of, and that Obama is a one term President and Republicans gain power once again. Time just doesn’t change when it comes to Democrats.

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