Thursday, December 4, 2008

The Disillusionment Has Begun

This is a great example of how our political system [fails us](http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/dec2008/geor-d04.shtml), and how it will continue to do so unless we make some radical changes.

>It is likely, in fact, that Obama had little desire to achieve a 60-vote supermajority in the Senate, since the "threat" of a Republican filibuster serves as a built-in excuse for the Democratic administration to repudiate its campaign promises to end the war in Iraq, provide jobs and move towards universal access to health insurance

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