Why are our Democratic office-holders such shrinking violets?

[99th_Monkey]

Why is it that Democrats, regardless of how progressive they talk before their election, so often fail to follow-through, leaving progressive voters stunned and disillusioned?

In particular, I'm thinking of the blatent ongoing GOP/Rovian election fraud going on during this election cycle, when we've had 6+ years of supposedly "progressive" Democrats in the WH, DoJ and FEC. I'm thinking of Guantanamo still being open, and the shameful way that torture has become a mainstay for our defense and intelligence agencies. I'm thinking of how most of the Wall St. Banksters who broke the economy to line their own pockets are still walking free with OUR money in their Cayman Islands bank accounts. You get my drift.

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	Dems get corrupted by wads of corporate big money
	10 (67%)
	Once elected, Dems become afraid of being "suicided" by our Shadow Gov't if they don't carry Mega-corporate water
	0 (0%)
	Dems have forgotten their progressive roots and have become more obsessed with keeping power than with the progressive agenda.
	4 (27%)
	This survey sucks because it's based on a false premise, i.e. Obama has "delivered" on most of his "promises" so progressive whiners should just suck it up and get over it.
	0 (0%)
	Other (please elaborate with comments below)
	1 (7%)
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