Stand Up For Yourselves Already

Part of the reason i've been disconnecting from politics lately is the incredible distaste I have for the Democratic party. They finally get themselves in position to pass progressive legislation, finally do pass Health Care Reform (albeit in a watered-down format, and despite themselves), and then run scared from any principled stand on it. It's almost like they aren't progressives at all! < / wink>
As Andrew aptly puts it:

One thing that still staggers me about the Dems (which is why I still feel so much contempt for that party). Why do they expect people to support something when they never make the case for it? You can listen very hard and not hear anyone defending the biggest shift in social legislation in a decade. Are they not proud of it? Or just, as usual, paralyzed by fear and political incompetence?

The Democrats' failure to define or sell themselves are going to lead to historic losses in November, and will then cause them to be even more scared in the future. It's a sadly predictable cycle.