[lbo-talk] why liberal Dems are absolutely useless or worse

[Joanna]

"At the moment, however, it's unclear if a single member of Congress 
will oppose the legislation from the left. The base has fallen into 
line. And if Rahm was right all along that progressives, essentially, 
could be taken for granted, he's about to go from punching bag to hero 
in the eyes of many Democrats."

Which goes to show that Obama's main purpose was to hogtie the left.

Joanna