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The Democratic Party has become an utter train wreck since Tuesday night. Now we have this from Diane Feinstein:

Feinstein said it is clear that attempts to pass sweeping legislation to address climate change by capping carbon emissions cannot pass this Congress.

So if Democrats are just going to cave in on any important legislation now, then why even vote for them anymore? No matter what happens they aren’t going to get a super majority again. You aren’t going to get states like Indiana, Arkansas or Nebraska to vote for some progressive candidate. So why even bother?

This again all boils down to message control and the fact that the inside the beltway crowd has no idea what real Americans are thinking. Do real Americans really know that the Republicans have been filibustering everything? No, because Harry Reid doesn’t make them filibuster. Instead he just caves.

So when the Democrats end up losing a tidal wave of seats this fall, and by all indicators that is exactly what will happen, then they will have no one to blame but themselves. It’s time to force out the old mindset of the Democratic Party and inject a new leadership that really knows how to lead. If the Democrats don’t do that then their new found majority is going to be very short lived.

In yet another example of politicizing terrorism in order to push political agendas, I present Attorney General Michael Mukasey (with a thanks to Chuck Schumer and Diane Feinstein):

Criminal syndicates, and in some cases even terrorist groups, view IP crime as a lucrative business, and see it as a low-risk way to fund other activities.

As pointed out on Computer World, Mukasey provided this claim without any evidence:

Mukasey went on to cite numerous cases in which the Justice Department has arrested those who pirate software, and in which the department has cooperated with other countries in investigations. He mentioned arrests in Florida, investigations in China, and warned about the Russian mob being involved in selling pirated software.

In not a single instance did Mukasey include a link to terrorism. Not one. You can be sure that if there were any links, Mukasey would make sure to get them on the nightly news.

And why? Well here is the policy that Mukasey wants to get pushed through:

So why is Mukasey trying to convince people there's a link between software piracy and terrorism, even though one doesn't exist? To force Congress to pass controversial intellectual property (IP) legislation that would increase IP penalties, increase police power, set up a new agency to investigate IP theft, and more.

Industry lobbyists have been pushing for it. And now Mukasey is trying to convince the country that the bill needs to be passed as a way to fight terrorism.

Here we go:

This Week with George Stephanopoulos

• John McCain, Diane Feinstein, Joe Klein, Cokie Roberts and Fred Thompson

Meet the Press

• Sen. Mitch McConnell, Sen. Chuck Schumer, Bill Bennett, John Harwood, Dana Priest and William Safire

Face the Nation

• Bill Keller of the NYT, Sen. Arlen Specter and Sen. Carl Levin

CNN's Late Edition

• Rep. Peter King: R-New York, Rep. Barney Frank: D-Massachusetts, Shimon Peres: Israeli vice premier, Saeb Erakat:Chief Palestinian negotiator, Michael D. Griffin: NASA administrator, Tony Orlando: Musician; author, "Tie a Yellow Ribbon", Seymour Hersh: New Yorker Magazine

I wonder if Russert will ask Schumer about Lieberman. That could be very interesting.