Reply #37: "This isn't about the Republicans, this is about the Democrats" [View All]

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That is directly from the interview, and I think it is exactly what needs to be said right now.

Even Sen. Sanders keeps coming back to the point that the Republicans have been nothing but obstructionist. He is absolutely right, and it should be be said. Already, he is head and shoulders above most in D.C. for saying that so forcefully.

Kooch here is the taking the point to the next level. Let's get to work, he says. We can still do it. And, more fundamentally, we MUST do it if we are what we claim to be.


More from the interview:

"We have to be looking at ourselves," he claimed. "We have to be looking at what we need to do to govern... It's really simple: the people don't like what we're doing."

"Democrats have to look at our own responsibilities, not the Republicans' responsibilities," he said. "If we want to give the mantle of leadership to Republicans, they're the minority, they're willing to take it."

Kucinich said the Democratic strategy, as unveiled in a leaked internal memo obtained by Talking Points Memo's Brian Beutler, of urging Republicans to take more responsibility was "wrong."

"This isn't about the Republicans, this is about the Democrats."