It's been awhile since I've written a full diary but I'll use a new one to keep going a discussion I got into on another diary that quickly fell off the list. (Agnostic's excellent entry titled Pathetic Pelosi, Reidiculous Reid)
I've been just blown away by the apparent lack of spine by what I thought were greatly empowered Democratic leaders to take on the Republican thuggery and then I had this thought:
Somebody's got something on these folks and I've been unsure up until now just what that was but, after seeing Lieberman's endorsement of the Senator Comb-over I think I finally understand the hesitation of the Democrats to take on any real issues.
I think Republican leaders laid it out to them the day their tenuous "majority" took hold. I imagine it went something like this:
"If you push too hard, our ace in the hole, old Smoking Joe, will switch parties, you'll lose your majority in the Senate, and we will regain control over all these valuable committees. Play along and we'll allow you the illusion that you actually control things by giving you a few silly victories you can claim."
Of course the response should have been a hidden video camera ready to display its clip on Youtube and a flat out middle finger to these thugs, but we can see that Reid and Pelosi just don't have that fight in them. They have not one ounce of understanding in how human behavior works, that the American public is itching for someone with some political balls.
Now it's all conjecture but it fits perfectly with what we're seeing. The chickensnot Democratic leadership was more concerned with being playground leader during the recess than advocating for the American public. Joe Lieberman needs to be tarred and feathered and displayed in stocks below the Washington monument, a target for rotten fruit and lugies from passing tourists. Pelosi and Reid should be locked on either side to catch the misses.
A poll follows: