It has been argued that the Democratic party is only about two degress left of the Republican party. Even is it is true, it is only true in a politically useless way.

Their point of view on reproductive rights depends on if they are talking to religious bigots or progressives.

Obama panders to the right-wing on health care for undocumented workers, who are, as usual, good enough to work for slave wages and pay into the system, but not good enough to receive benefits.

On the issue of the war there could not be any clearer expression of the operational similarities between the Democrats and Republicans.

This country is sorely in need of an independent, working class oriented, political movement that relentlessly attacks exploitation and oppression everywhere it rears its head. And the first step toward that is to lose all illusions in the Democratic Party, and stop providing any kind of left cover for them.