Maybe the Obama Administration and the Democratic Party will starting listening to the progressive "fucking retards" now. The big donors are giving them warning that it's time to do better with progressive legislation and messaging or the big money is going to go elsewhere:
WASHINGTON -- At a private meeting on Tuesday afternoon, George Soros, a longtime supporter of progressive causes, voiced blunt criticism of the Obama administration, going so far as to suggest that Democratic donors direct their support somewhere other than the president...
According to multiple sources with knowledge of his remarks, Soros told those in attendance that he is "used to fighting losing battles but doesn't like to lose without fighting."
"We have just lost this election, we need to draw a line," he said, according to several Democratic sources. "And if this president can't do what we need, it is time to start looking somewhere else."
George Soros has long been known to be unhappy with the accomplishments of the Obama Administration, after his strong support for him in 2008. According to a Soros spokesman, this didn't mean he was supporting the idea of a primary challenger for Obama for 2012. At least not yet.
And he's not the only one with deep pockets that feels that way:
Dissatisfaction with the Obama administration was not limited to Soros's private gathering with donors. On Wednesday morning, Deputy Chief of Staff Jim Messina received several tough questions during his address to the Democracy Alliance. According to a source in the room, he was pressed multiple times as to why the administration has declined to be more combative with Republicans, both in communication and legislative strategy.
Funds can go to the president's reelection campaign or they can go elsewhere. The lines are being drawn on that front - put up or the money is going to more productive uses:
While Soros's comment gave some attendees the impression that he'd cheer a primary challenge to the president, the point, sources say, was different. Rather, it is time to shuffle funds into a progressive infrastructure that will take on the tasks that the president can't or won't take on.
"People are determined to help build a progressive infrastructure and make sure it is there not just in the months ahead but one that will last in the long term," said Anna Burger, the retired treasury secretary of SEIU. "Instead of being pushed over by this election it has empowered people to stand up in a bigger way."...
The general consensus is that support has to move beyond being about one person and more about a movement.
While I'd certainly like to see a Democratic president elected in 2012 instead of a Republican one, it's hard to say at this point that more and better progress wouldn't come out of building independent progressive infrastructure instead of focusing exclusively on electing Democrats.