As a result of the 2010 and 2014 midterm “sit out” votes cast by angry Democratic voters, one thing was made explicitly clear: Democratic leaders seem incapable of learning from their mistakes. No matter how unequivocally progressive members have expressed opposition to the conservative policies championed by Obama, and no matter how many elections Democratic candidates have lost, DNC leaders simply respond by blustering for the cameras and then caving in to the White House and the Republicans.
More importantly, by siding with Paul Ryan and the Republicans, they have ignored the will of the members of over 2,000 organizations – including the 8 million members of MoveOn.org. And yet, somehow they think supporting the TAA will offset the impact of their betrayal.