Yes, it's woulda, coulda, shoulda. But a lot of the blame lies with the Dems in Congress who insisted on repeating the mistakes of the first two years of the Clinton administration. That's why these outside movements are so important. They can put the pressure on the President and Congress to do the right thing. And that's what is needed.

The old saying among activists is that the Democratic party is where progressive movements go to die. There's more than a grain of truth to that saying. Progressive movements must remain independent if they are to succeed. We need such a movement not only to hold Obama's and the Democrat's feet to the fire, but to speak and to act in it's own name regardleds of which party occupies the White House and Congress.