So this is my first post over here on Our Blog and I apologize if this has been discussed already but I saw this post over at the Mother Jones Blog and thought it was relevant and interesting:

The truth about the yellow dog

I think it's worth reading because it kind of summarizes how I'm starting to feel about the Democrats and the Kos mentality in general. It even references a certain well-known Kos posting.

From the comments, I thought this was interesting:

...they decided to take the Equal Rights Amendment out of the party platform for the first time in four decades. Ah, progress...

So, I actually hadn't heard that. Is this true? I'll admit that the ERA isn't exactly high on my list of priorites at this particular moment (I've got bigger fish to fry right now) but it seems like it's a pretty significant shift as far as women's rights go.

Well, regardless, it has me thinking ... Kos rants and raves about the curse of single issue groups like NARAL and perhaps he even makes a decent point ... but what I'm starting to realize is that the curse of coalitions and parties is this: they can drop your cause at a moment's notice. That makes me a bit nervous, especially when even Hillary has been pandering.

And they wonder why we don't just fall in line ...

UPDATE: I've finally located the Democratic party platforms from 2000 and from 2004 - thanks to Diane at MoJo blog. Both are pdfs:

2004 Democratic National Platform
2000 Democratic National Platform

Indeed, the ERA has been removed. Though to their credit, Ted Kennedy and Carolyn Maloney did go through the motions of introducing ERA legislation in congress earlier this year. But I'd still like to know why it was removed from the official platform.