Does the Democratic Party Exist & Function Any Longer???

[WizardLeft62]

I'd like to know your thoughts on whether the Democratic Party Exists & Actually Functions Any Longer?

If you think the Democratic Party still exists as a functioning political party then can someone tell me what differentiates this crop of politicos with "D's" next to their names from the Republican Party?

And can someone tell me why Obama says "we should not play politics" but fails to understand or is tone deaf or really a Republican, that the Republican Party plays politics all day and night long.

So, it's okay for the Republicans to "play politics" in Obama's view, but the Democratic Party must abandon all of it's principles to CAVE IN...So much for that "hopey-change" mantra of Obama?

If I am wrong here would someone set me on the right path?

I'd be interested to know what ya all think here. Thanks.

Check this article out:

Published on Monday, December 6, 2010 by The Nation

If Obama Will Not Fight for Fair Taxes and Fiscal Stability, What Will He Fight For?
by John Nichols

"...When Barack Obama walked out of last week's meeting with Mitch McConnell and John Boehner and started talking about developing a "productive" working relationship with Republican congressional leaders who have sworn the political equivalent of a blood oath to destroy his presidency, it was clear that the president planned to abandon his many years of advocacy for ending Bush-era tax breaks for millionaires...Now, with the lame-duck session of a Congress still entirely controlled by Democrats races toward a earlier-than-expected conclusion, the deal is being cut...Obama's representatives-Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and White House budget director Jack Lew-have reportedly entered the final stages of a negotiation with the Republican team of Arizona Senator Jon Kyl and Michigan Congressman Dave Camp to extend all Bush tax cuts for for at least two years...."


http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/12/06-2