An open letter to cowards

To all and sundry Democratic Senators and Representatives,

Man up.
Apologies to the female members.

You don't have to play nice anymore. For the past 12 months you have allowed the Republicans to spread fear and dissension. You have allowed the Republicans to stand in the way of needed progress. You have allowed the Republicans to halt your agenda with the threat of saying no.

Enough is enough.

Like Jon Stewart said, "You have a bigger majority than Bush when he did whatever the fuck he wanted." Use it. You have tried to play nice. You have tried to involve the other party. It isn't working. They have nothing but fear and the word NO to fall back on. Use your majority. Make them filibuster. Or vote the filibuster out.

Do what is right, not what is safe. If you use the whip hand, some of you will pay the price in November. Not many, you have the lowest turnover job in the country. But some. I understand the decision to take what is the right path for the future is hard when faced with the realization of the present that some will lose their positions of power and authority by taking that right path.

But you were elected to serve. Sometimes service requires sacrifice. Please, for the future of our nation, make that sacrifice.