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In their zeal to be rid of all things Bush, the liberals continue to support Bush's most important anc critical pillar of establishment support: The Democratic Party.
One supposes that even after the bankruptcy of the Democratic party has been exposed by the passage of every Bush initiative since the mid term elections with significant Democratic party support, the liberal blogosphere will be shocked, shocked to discover that no significant changes occur with a Democratic party presidential administration, either.
Or will they? Perhaps even this gives the liberal establishment too much credit. Perhaps, in fact, they will then be more than satisfied and complacent with Democratic party neo-liberal economic policy and war mongering versus Republican party neo-liberal economic policy and war mongering.
Another prominent blogger, Matt Stoller, who recently co-founded OpenLeft.com, described what was happening to progressive blogs as a temporary loss of liberal momentum. "People feel confused," he said. "Because that's what happens to a movement that hopes if you get Democrats elected it will solve some of our problems, and then our problems aren't solved." He predicted that the blogs will again find their voice on intraparty matters once it becomes clear that the current crop of presidential candidates do not sufficiently represent the liberal cause on everything from telecommunications laws to military withdrawal from Iraq.
The questions, instead, had all the noncombative flair of an upstate New Hampshire town hall meeting. What would she do about education reform? What did she think about welfare reform and gays in the military? How would her attorney general be different from Gonzales? "I think it would be a breath of fresh air to have an attorney general who actually believed in the rule of law," Clinton said, earning immediate cheers.
