Michael Sainato

It's been a lonely decade blowing the whistle on Blue Dogs, New Dems and the DCCC... but lonely no more.

Recently, DC elections pundit Dave Wasserman aimed a harsh barb at DC Democrats: "If more than 50% of your '16 voters lived in just 9 states & 94 of America's 3,141 counties... you're probably not a healthy national party." Fact is, neither party is healthy. I don't care about the other party but is the Democratic Party salvageable?

Many say Obama's first appointment after being elected was his worst appointment ever. That would be Rahm Emanuel as chief of staff and I couldn't argue against the characterization. But, keep in mind that it was Obama who also appointed Debbie Wasserman Schultz to chair the DNC. Wassermann Schultz had tried-- really hard bribes flying-- for the DCCC chair and Pelosi snubbed her by picking the equally worthless Steve Israel for the job. Wasserman Schultz's self-pitying caterwauling was so loud and unceasing that Obama gave her the DNC job just to shut her up.