Remember last week how everyone was delighted that Reid was going to have a state of the art WAR ROOM.
Matt Stoller was wondering what they needed and everyone was excited that the Senate Democrats were going to enter the 21st century.
Sorry.
No such luck.
Not from Harry Reid.
The point is to communicate better
on the radio:
What I've created is a communications center where we're going to take some of the resources that are already there and make sure that when someone comes to the Senate floor to give a speech, that talk radio stations know what that person had to say.
Sorry Harry, but your timing is 80 years too late and you've joined the radio age just in time for the funeral.
Oh, yeah, that stuff about a WAR ROOM, well it isn't a War Room, it is a communications center and hopefully it will be used for dancing. Really:
Well, I think war room designation is something that comes from inside Washington.
[...]
I hope we don't have to go to war. As I said, Tim, I'd rather dance than fight.
So instead of standing up to the GOP we're going to ask them to dance with us? Even though they just won and they're in no mood do dance with anyone who isn't a far-right winger (ask Spector). So what is Reid going to do to make sure that we can dance instead of fight?
MR. RUSSERT: In 1994, when the Republicans seized control of both houses of Congress, this is what Senator Harry Reid said. "We all have to swallow a little bit of our pride and go toward the middle."
Is that still your advice to the Democrats?
SEN. REID: I think there's no question about it.
So instead of creating a state of the art WAR ROOM to distribute alternatives we're going to sell out our values because we'd rather be dancing.
Reid isn't going to work as leader, he just doesn't get it. We need a leader willing to spend every day fighting for our cause, not working to make sure the GOP has the votes for their agenda. We need a leader who uses appearances on Meet the Press to offer alernatives and criticism of the GOP, not excuses. Ask Harry Reid to save us all a lot of heartache and step down now:
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We already lost, let's not keep lose worse.
Update [2004-12-5 15:42:34 by blogswarm]:I want leadership that will oppose the GOP. If that isn't the proper course for an opposition party, why don't we Draft Gray Davis for DNC Chair, roll over, and die?
Update [2004-12-6 1:2:57 by blogswarm]:Thanks everyone for discussing how we can do better in the senate. I hope the leadership realizes we are watching and that they are only our leaders as long as they lead Democrats forward.