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Republican­s couldn't have done anything without Democrats signing on.  On everything from the Patriot Act to extending Bush's tax cuts for the rich, Bush's Medicare Reform Act, the wars, repealing Glass-Steagall, NDAA, Democrats, not just Blue Dogs, piled on to support.

Just to show you where Obama's and the Democratic Party's real heart lies, there are so many things he and the DLC/DNC could have done, could be doing, to get real Democratic legislatio­n through, but don't.  
Obama and the DNC could have cut off support to any Blue Dogs (and independents like Joe Lieberman), cut money, cut committee assignments, etc., but did not.  

There is plenty that a President and a Speaker of the House and a Senate Majority Leader can do to pressure representa­tives and senators into voting as you want them to vote.  We saw that Obama had no problem doing it when he wanted and needed Blue Dogs like Ben Nelson and Mary Landrieu's votes -- He literally bought them.  

Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, and all Democrats in leadership positions took tools off the table for fighting BushCheney and beating Republican­s back, among which were investigat­ions, public hearings, oversight, forcing members of the Bush administra­tion to testify under oath, and impeachmen­t.

Obama and Democrats in Congress continuing BushCheney­Republican policies and legislatio­n winds up kneecappin­g Democratic policies and legislatio­n by converting right-wing dogma into bipartisan consensus.

There is nothing that the Blue Dogs are doing that Obama and the DLC doesn't want them to do.

Before the midterms of 2010, I asked, facetiousl­y, if Obama's 'most ardent supporters­' believed that if Democrats lost control of Congress, would they be as effective at preventing the Republican­s' agenda from moving forward as Republican­s have been at stymieing Democrats.  After all, there would still be more numbers of Democrats in Congress AND a Democratic White House.  Not one of Obama's 'most ardent fans' replied.  Even after another two years of treachery by Obama, they refused to primary him and lined up like lemmings to reelect him.  The result of that is Obama and Pelosi are now moving ahead with cutting Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps, and more vital services and money for the poor and middle classes.

How much evidence do you need before you realize that today's Democrats are Republicans at heart?
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