The Democrats don’t have the votes in the House to pass the Senate version of the bill.

Absent a firm commitment to use reconciliation, the White House has effectively signalled that it’s giving up; starting over as they now suggest means more time wasting and more defeats at the polls in 2010.

It’s a shameful performance and a failure of leadership that guarantees President Obama will serve only one term.

And now that the Supreme Court has enabled America’s plutocracy to control the campaign finance process, the middle class can look forward to another 35 years of nothing.

Gorilla sums it up: “No hope, no change, all bullshit, it’s business and politics as usual!”