Memo to my party:
There is a time for inner-party fighting. When the opposition party is threatening to reach a supermajority is probably not that time.
They probably won't listen. Still, it's certainly worth trying for.
It always amazes me what people will do "in the name of the party." They are hurting the party yet call themselves its core members. They apparently do not realize what they are doing.
Well, one would think the major Senatorial disasters of 2002 and 2004 would cause people to change their minds and get back to what was successful before (running Senate campaigns on local issues and not offending the party's more moderate members).
The main problem that I'm not convinced most core members realize yet is that Senate races are starting to look more and more like Presidential races (i.e. nationally run) because they continue to let the Republicans dictate the agenda (on a national level).
In the Senate, that is a killer for the Democrats, because a good 26-28 states will not go for Democrats right now who are connected to these "core" left-wing members on the national level. Won't happen. You're leading yourself towards permanent minority status by ignoring this.
And the slate of seats that are up this year (with the exception of Santorum) have more vulnerable D seats than R seats once again. (2008 will be the other way, for the first time since 2002)
You've got to play smart and by alienating your more moderate members, that's not playing smart in the long haul.
