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As Glenn reminded his readers just days ago, The Democrats of 2002 and 2007 haven't gone anywhere.
Yes, that's true. And in 2001, the Republicans of 2000 hadn't gone anywhere, either. In 2000, they passed the Torture Act. In 2001, they passed the PATRIOT Act.
It is reasonable to demand change from people who haven't gone anywhere. There was a clear mandate for it in the election. These people who believe that a mystical center exists where bipartisan polity and comity drops like gentle lotus blossoms and the right and left wing enter Nirvana on shimmering footsteps are in the business of creating a reality to use to explain why the voters should be thwarted. Isn't it telling that when the press does an in depth bio on an ardent "centrist", say, Rahm Emanuel, his foremost quality isn't comity, polity, wonderfulness, or harmony, but rather pit bull skills?
The bipartisan stuff is a sham created to hide the real size of the Democratic Party's new-conservative right wing. The closet Liebermans who were secretly happy when Joe strong-armed the Democratic party into approving of Roberts and Alito, and shiver with joy when he regularly fulfills his dominatrix role over them, always careful to hide the leather skirt and cat o' nine tails, so their secret will stay hidden.
