Spineless Democrats!
I found this image somewhere and wanted to preserve it for posterity. We must not forget how utterly inept, cowardly, and spineless the current Democratic party is! The image refers to the Iraq war but in reality it applies to the entire party on many issues. It seems their definition of strength is being able to repeatedly take it in the ass from the Republicans.
Mainly I'm pissed about them passing the updated FISA bill, complete with telecom immunity, but also for actively blocking attempts to hold the Bush administration accountable for their crimes. Yes, I'm talking to you Ms. "Impeachment is off the table" Pelosi.
We really have to start changing how we elect leaders and representatives in this country. The current plurality requirements encourage the two party system we currently have. Basically the winner of a race is the person with the most votes, not the one with majority support from the voters. If you can manage to get 25% of the vote and keep your opponents from getting higher than that, then congratulations, you win! You may be a total scumbag but you'll still be awarded power.
FairVote.org has a number of ideas to address this, primarily instant runoff voting (IRV). With this setup you rank your votes for the candidates. A first round of vote counting is done by looking at everyone's first choice. If no candidate gets a majority of the votes then the lowest vote getter is dropped from consideration for a second round. The people who had voted for the removed candidate have their votes transferred to their second choice and vote counting proceeds again. This goes on in multiple rounds of vote counting until a majority winner is determined. With something like this you could vote for a non-Republican or Democrat and not worry that your vote will be wasted if not enough other people vote for that candidate. Essentially being free of vote-splitting. This will allow 3rd parties a better shot at getting elected and make the Democrats actually work for our votes by actually doing stuff in Congress. Instead of the mentality of, "Vote for us because you don't want a Republican to win, do you?"