The Only Thing We Have to Fear Is...

Not the Republicans, who despite their penchant for being outright insane, aren't actually in position to matter anymore.

No, it's our President we - and the Democratic Party - really have to fear.

I would normally consider this a form of wild conjecture on why the White House just can't bring itself to support Medicare for Everybody a limited public option, and that it might be somewhat too conspiratorial to be realistic.

But the weight of the evidence is becoming to clear to ignore with each passing day.

We have a man who, when it's convenient, is more than willing to say and act in a manner that will gain him the support he requires to accomplish something, but once he's reached a certain point in the progress towards that goal, is also more than willing to throw those supporters under the bus.

Even if those supporters include the majority of the American people who voted for him....