they were competent. That's the bottom line. Who cares what administration they served in or where their loyalties have been in the past.

It makes perfect sense that Democrats have cat fights about ideology. It's the cornerstone of Progressive thought and liberalism to not settle for rigid dogma and thought.

As much as DKos is impugned by the likes of Techie, it's actually very refreshing to see the back and forth that occurs on there between people in the same party. In spite of the fact that they all support a basic liberal and progressive agenda, there are sharp differences in how that should be applied.

Wouldn't it be refreshing if on here, the Republicans didn't all march in step and jump to each others defense when one of them went out of line. Damned lemmings.

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