MotherJones - No Liberal Savior

The Democrats got hustled in the elections. Unable to build a campaign around the issues they dominated in public opinion polls, the party let the GOP set the tone -- and the tone was war and security. Now, a number of pundits are taking aim at the Democrats for letting the Republicans ride that same message through the final days of the Congressional session.

Mother Jones is very good at blogging. Further down they note the administration's new fuel efficiency plan: Last week, the White House proposed raising SUV fuel efficiency standards a measly 1.5 percent over three years, a target even lower than the auto industry's own. Underwhelmed, the editors of San Jose's Mercury News dismiss the administration plan as "anemic." "Regarding the Bush administration's proposal to improve fuel efficiency in SUVs: If half a loaf is better than none, how good is a slice? In this case, it is hardly better than nothing."