I was in the middle of typing this up as a response to this comment in another diary:
This is what happens when you ignore your base
This is what happens when you blow off everything that you ran on after you get elected.
It's still not to late for Obama and the Dems to right the ship but so far I haven't seen any signs that they're interested in doing it.
They need to ignore the corporate media and the right wing noise machine and do what they were elected to do. The corporate media etc is always going to sound the "Dems are doomed" meme, that's what they're paid to do. The people on the other hand know better.
Then, I decided my response was not just to that specific commenter, but to the broader DKos community and Democratic "base." So here goes...
When Democrats sit on their asses and don't vote or vote for teabaggers, WHO GETS HURT? Is it Obama? Does he need health care? A job? Is it his kids who won't get a good education if we don't reform public education? Is it Obama who can't marry the person he loves? Same questions go for Rahm.
When Democrats vote for teabaggers or sit at home and withhold their votes to "teach Obama a lesson," WHO GETS HURT? Is it Obama? Is it Rahm? Is it the rethugs in congress? Big pharma or banksters, perhaps? Maybe big oil or big coal?
When Democrats vote for teabaggers or sit at home and withhold their votes because they wanted a public option, do they think voting for or ceding power back to rethugs is going to give them that public option? Do they think Scott Brown's gonna vote for a public option? Do they think Scott Brown's gonna vote for financial overhaul?
Maybe those Obama voters who voted for Brown or stayed home think now we'll finally have jobs, jobs, jobs! Yes, let's teach Obama and Rahm Emanuel a valuable lesson! Let them feel the pain! Let them understand what it means to ignore the base! Maybe the Obama voters who stayed home yesterday or decided to vote for Scott Brown think we can now investigate torture. Obama won't do it. Maybe Brown will do it! Let's send teabagger Scott Brown to replace Edward Moore Kennedy, Jr, a stalwart liberal who dedicated his life to making our lives better.
Now that teabagger Scott Brown is replacing Ted Kennedy in the Senate, WHO IS HURTING? Is it Obama or is it the democratic "base?"