Short and sweet.
I am amazed.
Dickering and bickering from the middle to the grass roots (see: DKOS.com);
Disloyalty at the upper levels (see Lieberman, Nelson, Bayh et al);
Delusions at the top (see Obama, Barack: thinking that rhetoric that gets you elected will last beyond a few cycles of continuing assault by a very partisan right wing that has no interest in accomplishing anything but the trashing of progress so they can ride discontent to re-election);
Disintegration and disarray all around.
And the line goes that in reality, we're getting things done - much more than almost any other first year administration, and bedamned the re-election in '12...
That's only because in doing a fraction of what needs done, when you're handed a plate that is more full than any other first year administration, logic leads to "getting more done" quantitatively, but not qualitatively.
Dems are in trouble.
America is in trouble.
And for the smartasses out there, yeah, as a matter of fact the sky is falling.
That doesn't mean it has to proceed to collapse though. But stopping it requires honestly admitting the situation is as grim as it appears instead of looking on the bright side... oh, and a spine.
So far, both are sorely lacking.
But let me just point out that the "middle" was moved so far to the right the last 40 years, that even incremental progress between now and '12 would not prevent our current momentum from making the Nixon-Reagan-Bush years seem like the good ol' glory days when, not if, but when the repugs come roaring back with a vengeance from near-death, like Lazarus on steroids and suffering from a heftily reinforced divinity/immortality complex.
Then again, I can't help but think maybe that really is the path we gotta take. That hope was worth having, is worth having, but the cold hard reality is that last year's hope and optimism will not be the change we thought, but the tragic victim which we will recall and point to decades from now, when we're trying to rebuild from metaphorical ashes.
Oh, did I wake up negative today? Maybe.
Whatever, I'm annoyed. Dems on average still lead with their weakness. And it's frustrating.
I don't want to hear consolations or silver-linings, but I don't want to wallow either.
I just needed to say it.
Being a repuglican would be a nightmare.
But being a Dem is like being awake and cognizant during the nightmare, but not being able to wake up.