Take a look at “If there’s no PO, Dem Senators should vote against cloture” for one suggestion as to what to do right now, at this point in the process.

The unwillingness to include the PO in the merged bill is the linchpin for electorally taking out Reid primarily and let him be the example for the rest of the scabs such as Lieberman, Lincoln, Landrieu and the others.

An openly declared campaign to unseat Reid for this specific piece of cowardly machination must be carried out. The very act of doing so, whether successful or not will show a determination and that we are a force to be reckoned with. If nothing is done then this would demonstrate the irrelevancy of progressives as nothing more than poor doormats who only carp while they are getting the shit beat out of them.

A concerted campaign to finance a primary opponent to this clown, someone who will support the option to publicly finance the paying for health care, should be carried out now. Small coordinated contributions among a few hundred thousand people will have a definite impact, action is the only thing that will impact the outcome here.

I find life too short to track the antics of the world’s Michelle Bachmanns. But we need to be fair. The above might not be the best example of crazy.

Think about it:

* The Soviet planned economy scuppered free enterprise, set up monopolies, and generally robbed everyone blind so that a few favored insiders in management could become oligarchs.

* The Bush deregulated economy scuppered free enterprise, set up monopolies, and generally robbed everyone blind so that a few favored insiders in management could become oligarchs.

The only obvious difference that I can see is that is that Bush calls his oligarchs “CEOs” instead of “commissars”.

So lets be fair–this may be one of the two times per day when a broken clock is right.

Bachman gives the fundie Chritians that warm & fuzzy feeling because they all love to victimize themselves, feel constantly under attack by us horrid libruls, and be big old martyrs. Bachman feeds their need, and like Bible Spice, MentalIllness Michelle is good with the red meat and the dog whistles.

Progressives can’t just take the high road and ignore the likes of Bachman, but finding the right response is tricky. Calling out the NYT – that alleged bastion of liberal-medianess (ha!), is one step. Voting her out of power is the name of the game.

I stream MN public radio, and I heard that Bachmann has raised a LOT more money than her opponent. So batsh*t loony must still sell well in some places.

Then again, if you don’t care, I guess they’ll have just that much more of an easy time of having success with what they’re doing.