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I'm starting to wonder where the Democrats are. In the last few weeks I've heard barely anything from the party, when I would think that this is a time when they would be out in force. Could it be that yet again the Democrats are going to completely drop the ball. Right now, as we speak, the following things have happened in national politics.

• Bush appointed a complete idiot to be the head of FEMA. New Orleans was flooded by a hurricane. Major idiot does nothing.
• The House Majority Leader is under inditement from a Texas grand jury.
• Gas costs are so high that filling my Volkswagen is painful.
• Karl Rove, the President's senior and most trusted advisor, leaked the identity of a CIA operative as political payback.
• We are engaged in a massive urban war, between factions with centuries of hatred between them, in a land riddled with insecurity and violence. A war that was brought to be thru a massive web of lies and propaganda.
• The FBI is taking time out from hunting terrorists to download porn.
• The Senate majority leader is under investigation by the Ethics commit on charges of insider trading.
• Massive deficits with no sign of tax increases or spending cuts.

In other words, it's a mess. But still, this doesn't seem to enough for the Democrats to run with. Are they actually so inept that they can't bring to light massive problems incompetency and ethics in the Republican party? Are they literally going to have to burn down the White House during a kegger before someone notices?

I know that for long term success the Democrats need to put forth a moral vision for the country. In the meantime though, can we at least keep the Republicans playing defense? If they're trying hard to prove they aren't crooks and morons, then they won't have time to any more damage.