Poll: Opinion of the Democratic leadership

I think we need to inform Pelosi and Reid exactly what we think of their capitulation of the day program. It's so tough standing up to Mr. 25%.

Bush said that the terrorists attacked us because we're free. It looks like the Blue dogs joined the Republicans in working to change that. That'll show the terrorists.

•  I would have voted yes

  yesterday. Not today.

  by ubertar on Sat Aug 04, 2007 at 08:13:12 PM PDT

  •  Those who agree rec the parent comment

    Then we'll get a count on that :-)

    by neroden on Sat Aug 04, 2007 at 08:18:45 PM PDT

    •  What is the parent comment? n/t

      by victoria2dc on Sun Aug 05, 2007 at 01:02:01 AM PDT

•  Harry and nancy should both go to work

  with forks in their ass...to make it easier for the republicans to turn them over.

  by Tony McArthur on Sat Aug 04, 2007 at 08:17:00 PM PDT

  •  Pelosi = Stepford Speaker

    by EclecticFloridian on Sat Aug 04, 2007 at 08:21:10 PM PDT

  •  Pelosi, this one's for you ;)

    

    by SoldiersInRevolt on Sat Aug 04, 2007 at 08:32:07 PM PDT

•  third party time?

  If the new enabling act has not made it clear that the Democratic leadership will not stop the destruction of our civil liberties, I don't know what else will.  On what grounds can we impeach them now?  We have approved warrantless wiretapping, we have just given them another 100 billion for the war.

  Anyway, I think its time for a third party that believes in constitutional rights.  I would like to say "well, work to get more good Democrats elected" but the Republic may not survive that.  In fact, the Republic is dead.  Time to get out of Dodge?

  by North Country Dem on Sat Aug 04, 2007 at 08:20:38 PM PDT

  •  Sounds about right to me (n/t)

    by rflowers on Sat Aug 04, 2007 at 08:23:53 PM PDT

  •  Easier to take over from inside

    But -- if you have one of the basically good Reps, like Wasserman-Schultz -- start writing them calling for them to go independent or third party.

    Point out that it worked for Bernie Sanders.  :-)

    If we do start a successful third party, we're going to need to get a large number of the good elected Democrats in it.  Historically this is how it has always worked; a collection of prominent defections is essential.

    by neroden on Sat Aug 04, 2007 at 08:51:38 PM PDT

•  Until today my vote would have been yes

  This was a sad couple of days.

  by Morpheus on Sat Aug 04, 2007 at 08:21:25 PM PDT

•  I am not happy with Harry, Nancy, and quite a few

  others. I started listing them by name but there were too many.

  Never have so many worked so hard to elect so many who were so effing unresponsive and ungrateful.

  by Blogvirgin on Sat Aug 04, 2007 at 08:41:29 PM PDT

•  Me too

  but I'm most upset with Webb.

  by paj1 on Sat Aug 04, 2007 at 09:49:15 PM PDT

•  Poll: Opinion of Democratic Leadership

  At the risk of being hit with rotten tomatoes, internet style, may I point out that both Pelosi and Hoyer voted nay on the foul FISA law. And my representative, although she has aligned herself with the Blue Dog Dems voted nay, also! There are some spines left, thank goodness!!!!!

  by skilfor on Sat Aug 04, 2007 at 10:13:19 PM PDT

  •  the leadership is suppossed to lead. They didn't

    anything about party discipline after all those years in exile. They could have stopped this dead in it's tracks. It's as bad as lieberman voting for cloture and then voting against Alito it's smoke and mirrors. Don't buy into it and don't let them off the hook so easily

    by Tanya on Sat Aug 04, 2007 at 11:15:58 PM PDT

  •  How about

    if they feel so strong in protecting the 4th amendment, then maybe they shouldn't bring a bill that guts the 4th amendment  to a vote where they know it'll pass? Pelosi's act of being against this bill doesn't fool me. If she really believed in the 4th amendment, she wouldn't have brought the bill up.

    by jfern on Sun Aug 05, 2007 at 03:11:26 AM PDT

•  One thing I will say in the letters I mail to

  every one of the Dems that voted to defecate on the constitution AND their oaths of office is that they should save themselves and the country millions of dollars and just disband the congress/senate- after all they have pretty much made themselves irrelevant and useless by giving Bush all the unitary powers he wants.

  by FrankieB on Sat Aug 04, 2007 at 11:45:15 PM PDT