> -That's all very nice, but why do all these left Dems have so little
> -influence on either policy or political discourse?...They've got slightly
> less
> -than half of Congress, but you'd never know it.
>
> Yes-- and one vote short of half of the House means you've got nothing.
You
> can't even get a vote on a bill. As I've repeated, you want influence by
> progressives, elect more Democrats so they actually can control and set
the
> agenda. Imagine a Congress where John Conyers ran the Judiciary
Committee,
> Charlie Rangel ran Ways & Means, and so on.
Do you remember those balmy socialist days of 1993-1995? The country hasn't been the same since.
Seth