Going small versus going crazy

I'm just another blogger who doesn't conduct themselves in a James Risen-approved manner. However, it does seem sometimes that there are three general types of American elected officials: the Republicans leased by the oil industry from the NRA; those Democrats leased by the oil industry from the DLC; and the remaining Democrats who are not, but wonder if they've made a mistake?

I don't expect the President of the United States to be the P.O.'d-in-Chief, but I do expect them to make a hell of a lot more of an opportunity to enact, y'know, CHANGE, when the opportunity is presented. But I do think I understand Rahm Emanuel's plan -- and let's just get rid of the facade -- the President's plan.

"We may think disappointingly small, but at least we're not crazy!"

I graduated from a State University belonging to an athletic conference that cannot perform simple addition, but even I know that in 2010, like Clinton in 1994, Obama is asking his base to vote against something without generating much enthusiasm for himself or the Party. That does seem to be going awfully small and, yes, even a tad crazy.

[cross-posted at Firedoglake]