What should we do to push the country to the left?

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45. "The Democratic leaders do not want liberals"

The Democratic "Leaders" would rather have a Pro-Corporate Republican holding a seat in Congress or The Senate
that a bonafide FDR Democrat.

Nowhere has the proof of this been more evident or visible than in the Arkansas Democratic Primary of 2010.

The Progressive Grass Roots did everything they were asked to "Give Obama Progressives to Work with in Congress so he can get his Liberal Agenda passed!"

Organized LABOR and the Grass Roots had a popular Pro-LABOR/Pro HealthCare
popular Democratic Primary challenger with a track record of WINNING elections,
an up & running political machine, popular local support, and BIG financial backing to replace DINO Blanche Lincoln in the Arkansas Democratic Primary 2010.

Our biggest enemy turned out to be NOT The Republicans or Conservatives,
but the Obama White House!!!
The President bestowed and Oval Office Endorsement on The Witch who Killed the Public Option,
and sent the Big Blue Dog (Bill Clinton) back to Arkansas to campaign and raise funds for old Blanche. The smiling face of President Obama endorsing Blanche Lincoln played round the clock on Arkansas TV.

After Blanche managed the Primary win, White HOuse "Spokesmen" added insult to injury bu ridiculing the Grass Roots and Organized Labor for supporting a Pro-LABOR challenger.
It will be a long time before LABOR and the Grass Roots in Arkansas forget the betrayal of 2010, and very few of those spurned and insulted by the White House (the activist base) turned out to support DINO Lincoln in the General Election.
The Republicans took that Senate seat.


"The Arkansas primary fight illuminates some unpleasant though vital truths about the Democratic establishment "

"So what did the Democratic Party establishment do when a Senator who allegedly impedes their agenda faced a primary challenger who would be more supportive of that agenda? They engaged in full-scale efforts to support Blanche Lincoln. Bill Clinton traveled to Arkansas to urge loyal Democrats to vote for her, bashing liberal groups for good measure. Obama recorded an ad for Lincoln which, among other things, were used to tell African-American primary voters that they should vote for her because she works for their interests. The entire Party infrastructure lent its support and resources to Lincoln — a Senator who supposedly prevents Democrats from doing all sorts of Wonderful, Progressive Things which they so wish they could do but just don’t have the votes for.

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What happened in this race also gives the lie to the insufferable excuse we’ve been hearing for the last 18 months from countless Obama defenders: namely, if the Senate doesn’t have 60 votes to pass good legislation, it’s not Obama’s fault because he has no leverage over these conservative Senators. It was always obvious what an absurd joke that claim was; the very idea of The Impotent, Helpless President, presiding over a vast government and party apparatus, was laughable. But now, in light of Arkansas, nobody should ever be willing to utter that again with a straight face. Back when Lincoln was threatening to filibuster health care if it included a public option, the White House could obviously have said to her: if you don’t support a public option, not only will we not support your re-election bid, but we’ll support a primary challenger against you. Obama’s support for Lincoln did not merely help; it was arguably decisive, as The Washington Post documented today:"

<much more>

http://www.salon.com/2010/06/10/lincoln_6/

Ed Schultz on Obama support for Lincoln in Arkansas Democratic Primary
http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/ed-schultz-if-it-wasnt-labor-barack-obama-


As far as I'm concerned,
the National Democratic Party has [font size=3]Absolutely NO Business[/font]
interfering in local Democratic Primaries!




You will know them by their WORKS,
not by their rhetoric, promises, or excuses.
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