I have been trying to capture the essence of why liberals are still in their political death spiral, but Bulldog at Ankle Biting Pundits has compiled the list (50 ways to lose elections, well not 50):

– The #2 man in their Democratic leadership compared US troops to Nazis and seemingly (if not in fact) sympathized with terrorists over US troops. And even more telling is the fact that no Democrat has denounced his remarks

– Their House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi called Iraq a “grotesque mistake” and said that the operation which liberated 25 million Iraqi’s from a brutal dictator was “without success.”

– Held mock impeachment hearings in the House of Representatives in which clearly anti-Semitic speakers spouted anti-American rhetoric and had activists passing out flyers saying Israel was behind the 9/11 attacks.

– Had a senior and respected member of their party, Congressman Charlie Rangel liken the Iraq war to the Holocaust.

– Had a senior Senator, Tom Harkin liken Christians to the Taliban.

– Had another senior Senator, Pat Leahy, lament that he couldn’t imagine life without the UN.

– Sided with the corrupt UN (which has peacekeepers that rape kids) and blocked a vote on a UN Nominee whose main sin seems to be that he calls a spade a spade and just might speak some unhappy truths to our “allies.”

– And best of all, put a man at the head of their party who once said that Osama Bin Laden should be considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

The cliff is approaching.