Liberals cannot win a majority in this country.

[DonCoquixote]

110. I agree, but

Yes, we do need to stop relying on the Blue Dogs; the two you mentioned just made a complete joke of any "supermajority" when they could vote right and not get called on it, or even face challenges from their own party. It's one thing to vote for the president, another to actually change the congress, which is a lot more subject to local politics; even a Senator knows they better make the locals happy, and that all the right wing money and praises from sea to shining sea will not mean jack if you piss off your local voters.

That being said, let us be honest, yes, American culture does lean towards the conservatives. That is largely thanks to the alliance of Religion and big business, as well as the fact that many people are descended from immigrants who have a history of government abusing power (even in Dixie, where Scotch-Irish Protestantism dominates.) This does not mean the whole country is conservative, but it does mean, like an alcoholic, we need to give in to old instincts. New Jersey and Massachusetts are some of the Bluest states in the Union, yet the brought us Chris Christie and Scott Brown.

Does this mean we concede the fight to the right, HELL no! It means we fight ten times harder, until, like in the days of FDR and JFK, the truth boils forth to where even the idiots have to add 2 and 2. It does mean though that we need to know it will be a hard, brutal bashing of our heads against a wall.