[Jeff Higgins]

"They were too cowardly to be forthright cowards." That pretty much sums up the state of the Democratic party these days. Lots of talk, lots of whining, unworkable "solutions" that even they cannot support when the rubber meets the road.

They have no direction; no clue whatsoever. When one of their "leaders" (and I use that term very loosely) steps forward with some hair-brained, ill-conceived "plan" all it has to be is contrary to what the Republicans want. That has become their only measure of merit, unable as they are to come up with an original thought. That will ensure every self-rightous, brain-dead Democrat worth his or her salt will flock to support the "plan", as long as it requires no action and no accountablility. The Republicans called their bluff. They apparently understand the modern dysfuntional Democratic party better than its own "leadership" - if it had any.