A Chicken in Every Pot.

So a former nude model who makes Sarah Palin appear positively intellectual has been elected the Junior Senator from Massa-whatsis. This turn of events has Democrats frightened about their phoney bologney jobs.

If they have learned anything it certainly isn't the obvious: Oakley was a stultifyingly boring establishment suit without a coherent message. Beyond that, "the people are starving while Washington fiddles," meme didn't seem to register with Dems who are holding the bag.

Progressive reform and populism, which Obama, et al, were elected for does not entail giving away the treasury to pirates, and fixing deals with monopolized industries. To make these acts the hallmark of achievement for the young administration is not likely to create much momentum going into November's election.

"Every man's a king," seems a little more appealing, even though it is an old school notion to believe that a healthy economy depends on a middle class that can actually buy things. What is clear from this writer's standpoint is that the Democratic establishment is as hostile to real change as the Republicans. This fact keeps Glenn Beck in business.

The Democrats must stand firm for economic justice and equality, and damn the torpedoes.