What democrats will do

Put new rules in place to break the link between lobbyists and legislation.
Enact all the recommendations made by the 9/11 commission.
Raise the federal minimum wage to $7.25 an hour.
Cut the interest rate on federally supported student loans in half.
Allow the government to negotiate directly with pharmaceutical companies for lower drug prices for Medicare patients.
Broaden the types of stem cell research allowed with federal funds.
Impose pay-as-you-go budget rules, requiring that new entitlement spending or tax cuts be offset with entitlement spending cuts or tax hikes.

Well, what do you think. There's not a lot about the gubbymint going after the guns, but maybe they will get up to some dumbshittery in the future. Anyway, I have nothing against this agenda, do you?

"o stop encouraging people to vote democrat, since you are telling me not to support republicans for a list of reasons which could be applicable the other way around, and would prevent one from voting democrat, if one were to be consistent and principled."

Absolutely. You're right and I haven't contested that point. But in this case voting democrat would put an end to the "no-tax-and-spend"-regime (remember, the tax cuts will swiftly be eaten away once people start paying for the evangelical/militarist binge), and believe me; that would be the best thing to do.
         As much as I know the democrats aren't moving towards my progressive, left-of-center libertarian position, leaving Bush untethered after '06 would spell absolute disaster.
         I'm not propagating them unconditionally (not even gladly), I've just weighed what I know and I think the dems should get a majority in the House and the Senate come Nov. 7.

>>29 You can't have a partial set of freedoms, even when it comes to superficially useless ones like dove hunting.