means that about half of the Democrats in the US Congress are in reality Republican covert operatives. These guys and girls usually act in lockstep with Republicans on most important and controversial legislative issues, thus making sure that the regressive policy agenda of the Republican Party wins the day. As long as this is the case progressive policy will remain a distant hope and our country will not live up to its potential. We need to kick out the Republican Operatives (e.g., Feinstein, Lieberman, Clinton, etc.) and replace them with progressive Patriots (e.g., Feingold, Lee, Wexler, Kucinich, Obama, etc.).

Here’s short list of major and controversial policy initiatives and how each party’s Senators voted on the measure. See a pattern? Can you spot which party has the most covert operatives that break rank?

The above compilation is taken from Glenn Greenwald’s article available here. Recommended reading.