Reply #15: Lesser of two evils states pretty emphatically that there's a difference

[depakid]

That said- what's going on at treasury and the DOJ thus far, leads me to conclude there's Republican lite- or in some cases full on Republican going on (or shall we say, irresponsible public policy)- and other than some vague notion of hope or trust, I don't see much evidence that the trajectory is going to change.

What I've garnered to date looks to be Clinton II, great foreign policy- respect returning to America abroad- but at the same time, citizens all too often being subordinated to corrupt corporate interests- with little accountability or means of redress at home. Not to say there haven't been excellent domestic programs, too. Of course there have! Clinton had some too.

Yet these are extraordinary circumstances- and with the current mandate (which is greater than any Democrat has had since LBJ) there's a once in a generation opportunity to transform some very dysfunctional policies and institutions- not all of which the administration has direct control over. Then again, that's what leadership and the bully pulpit's all about, whether it's Obama using it- or Biden -or some other Democratic official. Or the DNC. To get the Republican leaning, lobbyist loving members of Congress to toe the line. I mean, have Republicans and their polices EVER less popular since say, 1965?

Yet it's progressives who perceive (often justifiably) that they're still getting the short end of the stick- even though it was they, more than anyone, who were in the trenches through the primaries and the general- and who, if they're alienated, will stay home and GOTV on 2010. As they did in 1994.

Now, maybe I and others be wrong about that- and nothing would please me better for Americans. But that's not what the record shows from certain votes in the Senate, to public statements (especially back in June) to actions and omissions that could easily
We shall see. I didn't have all the expectations that so many did- and were led to believe in. What I say- while aggravating at times, is par for the course. Not so with many others- a lot of them much younger than myself- and far more easily disillusioned.