Reply #3: For now

[AmericaIsGreat]

The "Netroots message of take what you get and be glad it's not worse" is definitely all we have.

Our Democrats are not liberal enough, and yet we now have a bunch of independents saying Obama and the Democrats are "too far on the left" and siding with the right or even tea baggers.

I think we have an illusion about how many progressive people there really are in this country; how many people who would say that Obama's problem is not being left enough.

If the Democrats and Obama could pass laws regardless of what Republicans wanted it would be a little better, but until the stances on policy of the majority of congressional dems are more like Al Franken's and less like Blanche Lincoln's then it'll be a "you guys are sucking but we'll take it" type of relationship.