A call to holders of traditional Democratic ideals.

[FredStembottom]

20. Excellent reply, T

I'm quite a strong critic of O - going all the way back to the primaries.

But I have an asterisk of my own by my name: I also believe he should be re-elected.

I am bitterly disappointed by what the D party has become during my adulthood. We are where we are not because of conservatives but because of Clinton-esque tri-angulation with it. Obama continues that waaaaay too much for me.

But... I also believe the only chance out of this dilemma is to reform The D party from within - hard as that is. And, meantime, you vote a complete slate of Dems in everytime - if only as a placeholder for better D's in the future.

Besides! The "disloyal" "purist" "fantasy" complaints are working. We are getting through... a little now.

Now we save D seats while pressuring even harder for the return of real Democrats.

And for my side of it: I'm really impressed with how the Republican tax-cut melt-down was so well handled by our D's in D.C.!

That kind of D behavior is all I am asking for.