>even a cursory reading of the american prospect, the nation,
>alternet, tom paine, hell, even the new republic, has
>coherent proposals on jobs, the economy, national security,
>foreign policy, and fresh narratives to describe what the
>democratic party stands for. organizations like the center
>for american progress, moveon, the union movement, and
>others are collaborating on doing fresh things and new
>groups are sprouting weekly, are being spouted. now, what
>the party in washington is promoting is another beast, but
>to say the left is bereft of ideas is laughable and, thus, i
>laughed.

But if the actual elected officials in Washington are not following then nothing will get done and they will continue to just sit around and scream about the war. The democratic citizens and small time officials may have ideas, but if the big leadership in Washington doesn't listen whats the point.