There won’t be any revolt as long as the Dems are in power. They split the opposition to the policy regime into fractious groups. Hell, it’s the only thing the Dems are really any good at.

Whocouldanode that the most crooked, Right-Wing Dems are the ones in real trouble?

Warren’s only selling point is finance reform. Beyond that, all her positions are pretty typical Neo-Liberal gobshite. So she’s clearly getting advice from all the wrong people. Good luck to her with GOTV, as other races have shown a real lack of interest among Democratic voters. Oh, she also favors a war with Iran, which is only a selling point in DC and nowhere else.

Brown is the only one who is doing okay and that’s largely because of a Democratic renaissance in response to the OHGOP. Turns out he’s also one of the better Dems in DC. Of course, the DSCC doesn’t see any connection there at all!

The others are just crooked wankers few seem to care about. Indeed, why should they?

The Dem operative is correct, this is all just a game for them. It’s tragic that in these times, the best thing the Dems can think of doing is playing games with the lives of millions of people. But, you know, vote Democrat and stuff….

The oft-quoted numbers don’t really matter in this game. What’s more important is that Pelosi & CO. will vote to permanently extend the Bush-Obama Tax Cuts. Chances are, they’ll negotiate that $1 Million number to something even higher, in the spirit of Buy-Partisanship. This, of course, will fuel their campaign to slash away at Social Security and make us all work until we die of exhaustion.

When Democrats are attending Pete Peterson confabs in the middle of an election cycle, that’s all one really needs to know about their attitude towards the general public. This December is going to be extremely upsetting.

Democrats know perfectly well how to EARN votes. Thing is, they can’t make as much money that way, so they’ve jettisoned any such notion. Cash is King in DC.

The Democrats have their safe seats in congress. On the odd occasion, they might have to compete for a Senate seat. The White House changes hands every eight years. After Obama, Jeb Bush or a reasonable facsimile will take the reins of power.

The Democrats are happier being in the minority. It allows them to avoid responsibility for what they do. Why else would Nancy Pelosi still be Minority Leader after losing the House by behaving so badly for two years after a landslide election? Traditionally, a Speaker who manages to lose the House would resign, for obvious reasons.

The Democratic Leadership are not incompetent, in terms of their own priorities––only in terms of the Public and National Interests. Given how much support they still manage to get from the people they are screwing in a fine and desultory fashion, why else would they change their tune?

At some point, the “little people” need to start taking moral responsibility for the ill fortunes being visited upon us.

Barack Obama would not be staring at stark numbers like these if the Democratic Party elites weren’t a bunch of Neo-Liberal wankers. It would have been relatively easy (all things considered) to get big numbers among the polity, if only they had pursued sane policies. But it was not to be.

So now he’s dependent on the youth vote, which historically is quite weak in turnout. There’s no way they can repeat 2008, since roughly half of that demo are unemployed or being strangled by debt they are forced to carry by a ruthless government that really doesn’t like them very much.

The Party stalwarts are mostly older people and minorities of various types. And guess what? They’re being disenfranchised and no one at DOJ has anything to say about that!

Now, it’s been clear all along that the Democrats and OFA wanted a tight election this year. It’s just about the only way they can create some kind of phony drama to keep those getting screwed over somehow interested in Obama’s fortunes. This is how technocrats think about these things. It also goes a long way towards explaining Obama’s horrible policy choices, even in the middle of a re-election campaign. As such, I’m not convinced they really care about winning, quite frankly.

This is what Managed Democracy looks like. Campaigns have been effectively separated from governance.

We are offered the choice between Coke and Pepsi, but either way we’re going to lose our teeth.

As such, methinks GOTV is going to be a real bitch this year.

Yes, but he was selected by the Democratic Party Elites to do just that. BO isn’t operating in a vacuum and he didn’t become preznit all on his own.

He is merely the current face of our debauched political institutions. He does not operate outside the elites wishes. Indeed, he gets all the support he needs from the Democratic Party and its supporters. So we have to include all them as well.

Well, even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Whocouldanode today’s Democrats were going to bend over backwards to legitimate the talking points of insane people who are fascists in their own right?

I would characterize that as completely unhelpful, and an attempt to derail the talks.

It’s also perfectly consistent with this administration’s “diplomatic efforts,” which always turn more hostile the moment any progress is seen. As for the IAEA, the US picked the current head and he’s also said some disturbing things in the past.

As for whining neo-cons, just keep in mind that includes 97% of the US Congress, Hillary Clinton, a significant population at the Pentagon (though they don’t seem dominant), the vast foreign policy think-tank circuit and so on. Also, probably Barack Obama, since he’s not willing to put the brakes on the road to war. In Europe, those states also seem to be lining up for hostilities as well.

So we’re not talking about a piddling group of whiners. It comprises most of the US political establishment.

Why would the media think protesters would make up the fact that nine people were missing?

1) Because the media will “think” whatever Rahmbo and the CPD tells them to think.

2) They have an interest in making Occupy look bad, so making them look like deluded paranoids fits in well with that. The more they can offer up an image of “crazy protesters,” the easier it is for the cops to cover their tracks when they start in with a bit of the old ultra-violence.

It was only a matter of time before government started testing, to see what degree of “disappearing” they can get away with. They also want to test public reaction and to what extent the media will remain subservient to them. If Chicagoans don’t react badly to these behaviors, Rahm and the cops will have a field day.

Possibly!

The problem there, of course, is that would require real work on his part, since the Generals that actually run this country will have a rather severe problem with invading a country of 175 million people.

Since he’s sticking to talking points that were stale three years ago, it would seem out of character for him. He has a taste for low-hanging fruit.

It’s kind of hard to expose GOP hypocrisy when the Democratic President is doing the same thing. Since no one is working harder to push through Keystone XL than Obama, I seriously doubt OFA’s campaign masterminds want to go there.

Awesome. So Romney is committing to two things that have already been done for him by the current administration, as BO is already pushing Keystone and the Dems will vote to extend the Bush Tax Cuts once more in December.

On the third count, since BO is already giving up on several parts of that “reform,” Romney won’t have to do much on that either. Damn if he doesn’t sound like a spoiled brat, executive mediocrity. Aim low, Mitt!

Why doesn’t he propose we invade Afghanistan?

Great point. From this angle, they’re just using a rich guy they can’t possibly touch to go after people far less well off… that they can and will touch, simply because they can.

Ya gotta watch the small print with these D-bags. They never miss an opportunity to wage class warfare.

It’s like the Payroll Tax Holiday. Sure, it’s a tax-cut. But it also defunds Social Security, which will bite most Americans in the ass at the worst time imaginable.

Remember to vote Democratic and stuff, okay?

Riffing on BeachPopulist (who has the right idea), rather than focus on taxes, why not up the ante and demand people like Dimon, Blankfein and so forth just leave the country, so we can finally solve our problems without their braying interference?

It’s not like Dimon and Blankfein pay any more taxes than Severin. But at least Severin isn’t out there bribing POTUS, all of congress and so on. It is for this reason alone I could care less what Severin does. Indeed, I wish the more nefarious members of the ruling elite would follow his example and just (bleep)ing leave!

Let’s give Severin a flag others can follow! A nice marching tune would be nice too, but I’m getting ahead of things a bit.

Besides, almost everyone finds tax policy issues painful on the noggin in more ways than I can count. This option would at least have good entertainment value.

This is not surprising. The people who attend TED talkies are paying in the high hundreds of dollars for one day. It goes into the thousands if they attend multiple days.

So these folks are ALL 1%ers. Even though some of the speakers aren’t.