How Walker Really Won Wisconsin

[ljm2002]

6. Our party leaders are bought off...

...just like theirs are. The difference being, our party has a natural inclination to be more caring about the masses. I'm not saying there's no difference between the parties -- I tend to vote straight Democratic, in fact I don't remember ever voting for a Republican. But, our party's leaders made the decision to go after corporate money, and their support for unions diminished in direct proportion to the corporate money they received. Well they made a bargain with the Devil, and now their message is so diluted it has no resonance. No one believes they are looking out for the little guy/gal, and the reason no one believes them is there is so much evidence to the contrary. That, and the fact that none of them give firebrand speeches anymore, again, because they don't want to offend their corporate sponsors. Whereas, the Republicans can continue to make firebrand speeches, because they have always supported the wealthy and the corporations; therefore, what they are selling is okay with their corporate sponsors, and therefore they can go ahead and make their arguments as forcefully as they want to.

Make a bargain with the Devil, pay the price. That's what has happened to the Democratic Party, IMO.