a message to the democrats

i have no confidence in the democrat party. in fact, i can't find any politician out there today who reflects my views. i have no one to support. this is disappointing. it is not very democratic.
but then, we're not a democracy.
what really troubles me about the democrats is their total lack of leadership. their inability to get anything done. the republicans have unity, they have party leadership, and they have a direction. it may be the wrong direction, but they're going somewhere. they have ideas, and as such they control policy debate. i see the democrats protesting, i hear them complaining, but i don't hear or see them proposing any solutions or alternatives. the republicans are mired in scandal--now is the time to strike--yet i don't see any democrats making a move. no one is standing firm and proposing a different direction for america. no one is standing tall and making a mark.
it disappoints me.
the democrats have a chance to take the power back, and they're squandering it.
the party is shifting to the left, catering to activists and nutjobs. this is not the way to win elections. you can cater to your hardcore extremists if you show leadership and direction, if you can also persuade the center that you have a vision and it is in their best interests to follow it. this is what the republicans have done, and despite bush's malfeasance and the rampant corruption and sleaze of their party, they're still in charge. the failure of democrat leadership has allowed the right to put two conservative judges on the supreme court. it has allowed the right to mire america in an ugly war. it has allowed the right to screw up the budget, curtail liberty and civil rights, and push a very un-democratic religious agenda on america. in short, the failure of democrats to lead, to stand for something, has allowed the republicans to severely damage this once-great nation. the america in which i live is not the one i dreamed it would be when i was younger. it is not the land of the free, or even the home of the brave.
it is the republicans' fault for doing this to us, and the democrats' fault for not stopping them.