Reply #65: I noticed it first in the primaries.

[Jakes Progress]

I mean the idea that winning and getting numbers were all that was important. Not that anyone is against health care or ending the war or equal rights or civil rights or any of a panoply of "ostensible" Democratic values. But they just take a back seat to winning.

Here in the south, that is high school football mentality. Everyone is all for character development and physical prowess and teamwork. But screw that if you lose. Winning is all.

Then they opine that you have to win to do the good things. People often ask of billionaires just how much money do you have to have and what are you willing to sacrifice for it. I would ask just how much winning do you need? How much is enough before you start doing what you wanted to win for? Just how deep will you cut into your beliefs to win? And to what effect. We won the majority of congress four years ago and squandered it so that we could get ready for the "big" one. We won the White House and keep triangulating for more votes.

I understand the argument that you need a massive majority to pass controversial bills. I understand it; I just don't agree with it. I believe people perceive you as a winner when you act like one. They respect someone who does the battle. We are entirely to afraid of rush and his friends.

I don't mind another Democrat in the Senate. I just wish it would be one that we can use both upper and lower case "d" to describe.