Want to see what happens when a DEMOCRAT actually STANDS UP and FIGHTS the Republicans?

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29. That's great (but)

I'm a huge fan of Wendy Davis and what she did; I'm thrilled she's raised nearly a million bucks.

But that result is not the definition of "fighting" this board generally accepts. The result we would have looked for would have been for the Texas abortion bill to have been defeated as a result of her fighting. Despite all her hard work, this draconian law passed anyway.

President Obama raised half a billion (with a b) dollars in 2012. But he hasn't gotten much done at all in the 7 months since his new term began for all of that. Raising money is not what we're looking for at the end of a fight.

Wait, you say ... it wasn't Wendy's fault that those sneaky accursed Republicans passed that bill. No, it most certainly was not. But neither has it been President Obama's fault that the sneaky accursed Republicans in Washington have doubled down and blocked his every move in Congress, either (despite his going around the country talking about what to do about income inequality and asking for infrastructure money and other economic needs). Yet in the DU universe, these setbacks are because Obama doesn't "fight" hard enough. Even fighters lose.

I truly pray Wendy Davis is the next governor of Texas. But my guess is that even if she is, she's going to have one heck of a time getting the Texas legislature to overturn that bill. Or if by some miracle it does happen, there will be other things she will not be able to accomplish, no matter how hard she fights.

My only point is that we don't fight to raise money. That's not an end goal of any politician.

Go, Wendy.