If someone hasn’t already forwarded you or linked you to Molly Ivins’ indictment of Hillary Clinton’s triangulation politics and our party’s need for real, courageous leadership, do yourself a favor and read it. I won’t pontificate on it; this is not an anti-Hillary blog and it never will be. Nevertheless, her column taps into real frustration we Dems have with our party leaders in Washington, who have a half-dozen administration and Congressional mistakes and scandals on their hands, but STILL won’t step into the gap and propose some reforms, some new progressive policies, anything at all, because they don’t want to be too liberal. Sen. Clinton, on account of everyone thinking she’ll be the 2008 nominee, is the most visible of this kind of Democrat. Remember the flag-burning thing?
Ivins ends her column simply and honestly:
Do not sit there cowering and pretending the only way to win is as Republican-lite. If the Washington-based party can’t get up and fight, we’ll find someone who can.
Here in the West, we’re on top of it, Ms. Ivins.