"Everywhere, in the innermost reaches of America, you can meet men and women who hope for great voices capable of echoing their impatience in a momentous way." -- Eurollectual of the mo, Bernard-Henri Levy, wrote a Wake The Fuck Up letter to the "semi-comatose" American Left in the forthcoming issue of The Nation. Hey BHL, whaddya mean semi comatose? The national Democratic leadership is so detached from reality and the indignation of their base they're practically a phantom limb. They've painted themselves into a corner with mealymouthed accommodation of the Bush regime, and are afraid to speak out on corruption thanks to their own scandal-tainted wallets. IMO, they need to be destroyed to be saved -- I'll leave it to Dean to deal with. Meantime, bring on the next pretty face who might be able to pierce the veil of American political indifference...Barak, or even Chuck, I am looking in your direction...