Don’t Get Too Complacent
Maybe I should entitle this post, "Why We’re Going To Lose This Election." I don’t want to jinx anything, but I feel we progressives are missing something essential.
We have no leader.
Republicans love to ridicule us because we are still - this late in the election cycle - wringing our hands and whining about how bad things are. They’re right. We have no focus beyond complaining. Whom do we have to lead the growing ranks of the Disenchanted? Can someone please stand up, take a stance against Conservative Demagoguery, and lead us? At least take the chance and try…
I once thought Howard Dean to "have the right stuff." Then I pondered on the ability of Wesley Clark to push forward. Both these gentlemen know a fight when they see one. As I write this, I cannot envision anyone having the "chutzpah" to deliver impassioned challenges to the status quo. Write me if I’m missing something…
That’s one thing the Republicans have that we need, someone brash enough (or so full of himself that he can’t envision losing) to plant his feet and shout, "Charge!" Unless and until we find this brave person, we will continue to falter. Unlike the Conservative majority, we Progressives are too mired in reason to suspend disbelief regarding our capacity to fail. Because of this, we have refrained from taking a much needed stand against this administration. Because of this, we’ve lost already; sort of a self-fulfilling prophesy.