They Just Never Learn

Democrats on the Hill are now united in fighting against President Bush's major legislative initiatives in the coming year, supposedly emboldened by the lack of an opinion poll bounce in the president's numbers following the election. It seems that as their numbers dwindle, they become more and more angry and desperate, obstructing anything and everything that is put forth by the president and Republicans. You'd think Democrats would have learned their lesson by now, but I guess not.

Democrats suffered widespread defeat in last year's elections because all they did was criticize and attack, never once providing any vision to the American people. Now they are declaring their resolution in being even more obstructionist than before. You'd think that Democrats would be trying to correct their problem by laying out where they want to go and what they can offer the American people. Instead they are simply telling all of us, "We don't have a vision or a plan for America, so we're just going to stand in the way of everything the Republicans are trying to accomplish."

Usually parties and candidates take electoral defeats and learn from them, however it is readily apparent that the Democratic Party just never learns.