Democrats are sorely perplexed as they struggle to reconcile their two main professional goals-
1. Holding onto power
2. Appeasing special interests
The first requires that they pretend not to be what they are, profligate wastrels. The second requires that they prove themselves what they are..profligate wastrels. Oh dear, whatever shall they do?
After running up a record-setting deficit (for which they blame Bush and Congress prior to the Dem takeover in 2006), failing to pass a budget (for the first time in modern history), and witnessing a nationwide grassroots movement to throw the big spenders out of government, Democrats are caught between a rock and a hard place as Obama pressures them to produce another big union payout and pass wildly unpopular Cap and Trade legislation. All before the midterm elections. No pressure, right?
