Keith Olbermann Puts Into Words What's Making Progressives... Uncomfortable

Obama has proven himself another corporate shill whose idea of Change turned out to be replacing Karl Rove with Rahm Emanuel; his idea of Hope was that no would would notice that only the names and faces have changed-- nothing else. We've been had! The healthcare reform bill is an abomination that doesn't seem worth saving. In fact, its a disaster in the making and really should be killed. [Presumably, Bernie Sanders will rise above the partisan din and do just that.] Olbermann pointed out that Liebermann is a " senatorial prostitute... bought and sold by the insurance industry." Without going there, he makes it obvious that the anti-democratic Senate has lost not just any moral authority but any semblance of relevance.

Does Obama have what it takes to pull himself out of this and lead? There is not a thing in his history to make anyone believe he would, let alone could. "The line between compromise and compromised is an incredibly fine one." He isn't FDR when we need an FDR and he isn't Howard Dean... who will be around in 2012-- and who has a vision well beyond just tiptoeing around the status quo holding hands with Rahm Emanuel and Lawrence Summers.