That's what the GOP calls us. "Spineless liberals".
And they're right. And it's what's killing us in the Red States. How the hell can we be trusted to stand up to terrorists and rogue nations if we can't even stand up for ourselves?
Think back over the primaries. Think about the current conversation about the DNC chair. What do you see?
You see Democrats trying to pick candidates that are "safe" from the GOP. Don't want to pick someone too liberal, or too angry, or too short, or too young, or whatever....
That doesn't work. It's a sign of weakness. People -- Red State AND Blue -- look at that and can tell the GOP is the boss.
You want electoral success? You want people to trust us? Stop rolling over to the GOP.
We pick the candidates, we pick the DNC chair, we pick the issues. Screw what the GOP wants or fears or desires. It's not their candidate, not their chair, not their issues.
We lose because we let the GOP -- or fear of them -- define us. We've become that one annoying kid that's always sucking up to the jocks, hoping not to get beaten up this time.
It's time we stood up for ourselves. It's time we picked the people who represent us. Who represent our issues. If we're going to lose (which seems to be the recent pattern. Only Ross Perot got Clinton elected), we might as well do so fighting for what we believe. And not what we think might get us elected.