When Obama began his run for the White House, I like many Americans was truly inspired. I thought we were going to turn the page on the old politics and begin the renewal of America. But the Democratic Convention is beginning to suck the hope out of me.
Apparently, there are enough Democrats holding out because 'their candidate' did not win and they are hell bent on turning the Republicans loose on us again. Eugene Robinson makes a valid point in his new article "Democrats, Snap Out of It":
If they want to win in November, Democrats have one task to accomplish this week: Snap out of it. Somehow, tentativeness and insecurity have infected a party that ought to be full of confident swagger.
This Convention should have been about the celebration of a new generation of voters looking to the Democratic Party for leadership. It should have been forward looking, revving us up for our fight against John McCain. Instead we are looking back to rehash a primary that has long ended.
It should have been about firing up a historic grassroots movement to go door to door and wake up America's voters to head to the polls to vote for Democrats. This is a sad state of affairs. Wake me up when the catharsis is over.