Why the arguments of Obama's defenders leave many cold.

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222. See, this comment is part of the problem. What you are saying is that politicians

should not have to do anything to earn the votes they are asking for other than wear the letter of either party. And once they do that, they have a right to people's votes, regardless of whether they have represented the people's interests or not.

If you refuse to face the fact that Democrats lost because they let down the people who voted for them and rather than blame the politicians continue to blame the people, you will guarantee another loss.

Progressives did not lose in 2010, except for two of them. Blue Dogs lost. Think about that before making these kinds of comments blaming the voters. Democratic voters voted for Democrats who earned their votes. That is how Democracy works. Blue Dogs did not earn their votes, so they lost.

And for the millionth time it seems, Democrats lost the Indpendent and youth vote, Progressives as they always do, went out to vote.

But even progressives, now sick and tired of being blamed for not voting, when if they had not, even the Dems who won would have lost, are getting tired of this whole system which seems to be run by people who think they can bully people, falsely accuse them of not voting when they did, and that other brilliant tactic, try to scare and shame them into voting for people who do not represent their interests.

If you do not want Republicans to win in 2012, stop slamming the people who put Democrats in the WH and gave them a majority in Congress and saved them from a complete wipe-out in 2008. They just might decide that it isn't worth it anymore and then you can be sure Republicans will win.

The people the Party needs to be bending over backwards for right now are progressive democratic voters who are sick and tired of the attacks on them by political operatives all of whom need to be fired imho.