Reply #51: Al From et al

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In prior posts I've critized Al From for his badmouthing of fellow Democrats, so I'm not about to reverse myself in order to defend Tom Daschle or the idea that liberal Democrats need to reach out to moderates and conservatives.

Yes, the DLC has failed. But their defeat is not theirs alone. How much more complete could our defeat be? We could lose the fillibuster altogether. The loss of even one more Senate seat would weaken the Democrats' ability to oppose the Republican agenda to take over the judiciary. Whether you or I or an objective Martian feels that the Democratic Senator was actually obstructionist won't matter if the Republicans use the argument of obstructionism and get more votes. That's how these arguments are decided.

Well, it seems I have a bee in my bonnet about Daschle, and you have a bee in yours about the DLC. I can't say as I haven't been stung by your bees from time to time, so I'll leave it at that.

Bye for now.