My thoughts on this havent fully gelled yet, so please bear with the rantyness...
I am a liberal, and a Democrat, but...
That reaction, is why the Democratic party is pretty much defunct now days. Two years ago, as is now, it is why we lost the presidental election.
At the core of the typical Democratic activist is a selfish entitlement that trumps all issues. Me, Me! ME! They cried. What about my issue!
And so, they plodded on, in the year of a war (any many other issues), that many, if not most people felt was unjust, they advanced... Of all things...
Gay Marriage...
Couldn't they wait a single year? Now the issue is lost forever, agree with it or not...
And its happening again...
Here, men have very legitmate issues, however those issues interfere with the majority of democrats orthodoxy. Elective third trimester abortion on demand without apology they cried! Husbands should have no say in their paternity even if its misattributed they screamed! And they take the bait again, rather than take on the Republicans on serious, meaningful issues, like war and seperation of power, they spearhead their movement with decidely unpopular views.
I found this just now...
http://www.alternet.org/story/30487"Geov Parrish: Is George Bush in political trouble? And if so, why?
Noam Chomsky: George Bush would be in severe political trouble if there were an opposition political party in the country. Just about every day, they're shooting themselves in the foot. The striking fact about contemporary American politics is that the Democrats are making almost no gain from this. The only gain that they're getting is that the Republicans are losing support. Now, again, an opposition party would be making hay, but the Democrats are so close in policy to the Republicans that they can't do anything about it. When they try to say something about Iraq, George Bush turns back to them, or Karl Rove turns back to them, and says, "How can you criticize it? You all voted for it." And, yeah, they're basically correct."
So once again, this fall, it will be the same...
My message to democrats is this (although i doubt it will be heard in this forum) If you guys cant drop your selfish entitlement issues, and you think Roberts and Alito were bad, just wait until next year, when Stephens or Ginsberg resign or die...