A false claim about Heath Mello in a front page diary has been corrected. Thank you, Daily Kos.

[countryjake]

51. The more centrists the DNC backs the further right we go

Personally, if I were in a position of leadership to do it, I wouldn't endorse either someone like Heath Mello or Sen. Kaine.

Why the DNC felt it necessary to respond to the call for support from that State Democratic Party of Nebraska, to get our Unity Tour to actually stump for a moderate who has long been opposed to abortion is a question we should all be wondering about.

Big tent or not, when they signal to the progressive wing of our Party that they're more than willing to compromise solid principals that we had to fight like hell to win half a century ago, just to win some votes, be it a mayoral race or a major election, it causes a loss of faith in the Party as a whole and simply promotes more apathy that our votes even matter at all.

I understand that having Mello become mayor of Omaha is a win for the Democratic Party and strengthens those struggling against the Rethugs in Nebraska, but what exactly sort of win is it for the women of that state.


Abortion is a Woman's Right. That's what we fought for and I'll be damned if any wishy-washy, double-talking politician be allowed to take that right away. The futures of our young are at stake and the more our Reproductive Rights are restricted and watered-down by ignorant power-hungry leaders and legislators, the further back into the dark shadows of history we go. As progressives, we cannot let that happen!