In the Illinois 10th district (no incumbent Dem), avowed progressive Ilya Sheyman challenged the republican-supporting 'blue dog' establishment candidate. Although Obama refused to endorse anyone in the race, the clarity of the decision wasn't tough at all.
Obama supporters decry how nothing is Obama's fault - it's all because of blue dogs (in the first two years) and republicans and blue dogs (now). Well, now with a last minute mailer from Sheyman's opponent that featured a photo of the President on it, there is an establishment blue dog on the ballot for the 2012 general election in IL-10. I could tolerate some of the apologist claims that Obama is a victim of bad voting, but not when the man can make a difference and ask voters to send him no more bluedogs. He failed to take a stand (as usual) and promote a promising candidate.
So when I see the headline for this article, I take it a little differently than some. I think both candidates are too far below the line to be worthy of a vote. Obama's well-documented and demonstrated lack of courage and conviction - and feverish devotion to legislation that must be tainted with horrible republican policy - prove that the decision is, as optomist1 put it, 'a choice between death by arsenic poisoning or gunshot.'
The only elections that matter in 2012 are for Congress. The White House will be a failure no matter which of the two terrible and undeserving options get elected.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
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