Enlightenment

From the Boston Herald - "A shot heard round the world, a second time... and that’s the message....Democrats can no longer ignore." But we know it represents something more than just the rejection of national health care, or acknowledging policy mistakes like the failed stimulus.

It represents an enlightenment for the followers of this party.

The roots of this event were detailed in this very blog. Today’s Democratic party would be unrecognizable by FDR, Truman, Kennedy or even Johnson. That party was highjacked years ago. Because Clinton governed from just left-of-center, the radical types running the new version were hidden from view, frustrated. Finally, in Obama they found their man. They got traction folks. Policy which to most of us seems extremist - the daily fare for these types. We had been in the guts of their own little revolution, until that is, American caught on.

As it turns out, most registered Democrats did not understand, nor control, their own party. This must be a tad embarrassing for them. It proved to be a near disaster for the rest of us.

Robert Craven