You know, Obama has disappointed a lot of people.....

[Californeeway]

10. I consider myself a Liberal

but I also know that Liberals make up about 15-20% of the voting populace. You can't win national elections with 20%. Definitely can hold some seats in the Senate and House but that's about it and this would make it impossible to pass any Liberal legislation.

It may be emotionally satisfying to assume that all centrists or moderates are sell-outs with no spine and treat them like enemies, but the truth is, without the centrists of the party, it would be impossible to achieve any of the progress we have made in the last few years or hope to make in the future. achieving political goals means building coalitions. Allowing people to disagree with you on some issues so you can get their support on the issues you do agree on is key to coalition building..

For example, if we want to pass ENDA, we need centrists. If we tell the centrists to fuck themselves, ENDA is toast. Getting ENDA passed is more important to me than getting a kick out of telling the centrists to fuck themselves.

Liberals are right on the issues, but tend to be very nonstrategic in their thinking as this always gets in the way of progress.