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In reply to the discussion: For once, focus your bloodlust on Republicans --instead of the DLC/Firebaggers/ANYONE WITHOUT AN (R) [View all]I think we're so far into rhetoric at this point we've lost the idea in this debate. Let me see if I can boil this down to the most-simple stripped-down position I can:
We won and they're on the canvas...so let's kick them when they're down by getting as much done as we can. That both means no internal fighting and it means giving conservatives no rest in their weary defeated state.
I just don't want to let them get their feet under them again. We have a momentum and strategic upper-hand that we should use the hell out of for as long as we can by going on the attack. We won ACA, we're likely going to win the election, the price of gas is dropping, we might be seeing progress on the economy, we've made progress on gay-rights, what else can we take? Now is not the time to pull back or assume a defensive position. Now is the time when reasoned incremental progress should yield to taking what we can and moving the marker.
I'm not apologetic about this. I understand their drive for a permanent Republican majority (though I intend to deny them one to the best of my ability) because I want a permanent liberal majority. Anything we can do to shove our agenda forward and help them implode too.