The Democratic Party needs chaos. Two years ago, we campaigned on a platform which would help the middle class, end corruption in Congress, and bring an end to the war in Iraq. Two years later, we haven't helped the middle class (unless you count handing out free money which magically comes from a deficit as help), we haven't really ended corruption in Congress (Rep. Jefferson is still in office, for example), and the war in Iraq-- last time I checked-- is still in full-swing. The Democrats have spent a little over a year positioning themselves to avoid vicious showdowns with the White House, so they can roll into 2008 with the upper hand. The party has taken a blind eye to just about everything. They thought the Republicans would be battling it to the death into their convention. Meanwhile, this party which I hold dear to my heart is right in the middle of a bloody fight to the death between two rather inexperienced, insignificant Presidential candidates who don't seem to care about the middle class, who don't really care all that much about corruption, who sit on top of mountains filled with excess baggage... this has turned into the election year from hell, to put it frankly.
When this convention is done, the party will be bruised. We have an uphill battle against John McCain to look forward to, not to mention a sagging economy, an endless war, and endless problems within our political system which need to be fought head-on. We can't afford to position ourselves any longer. We can't afford to bicker over nonsense. If we screw ourselves over in August, then go on to lose in November, the Democratic Party will uproot itself and be forced to take a look at what it has done to itself in the past eight years. And that, I feel, is something we have to do if we plan on regaining the Presidency and the trust of the American voter.
