The problem you folks are not admitting is that Democrats, including you, are split into many factions, each disagreeing with the other. There are not enough of each faction to win and they become a mockery targets in the Republican rants which move forward on a very anti everything that the Democrats are split on.
Further, they use that split against candidates. You blame Obama but you never hear Republicans blaming Bush or any Republican congressman/legislator! Dems tell the public "we are split" Repubs say "we are united." If a Republican legislator (state or Federal) moves out of the party line, they are PUNISHED by removal from any place of authority (remember Calif Repub who sided with Demos?)
You ignore the effectiveness of NewsMax, Rush, Hannity, Beck and other right wing blogs that spout the radical right to millions by touting their American values but spread vicious lies in chains of emails and fliers about Dem senators/congress people. The fundamentalist/ evangelical religions are part of this crowd too preaching this vile from the pulpit as God's word. Do you know that? E.G, ARE YOU AWARE OF THE THREE OUTRAGEOUS LIES ABOUT PELOSI making the rounds? These are effective and believed because those folks do NOT check snopes, factcheck or factpolic for the truth.
You are just too far removed from the average Joe Blow's thinking and they consider you untrustworthy snobs, Repubs have been able to connect with those lower class folks masquerading as their friend. Dems have not done that and will lose as long as they fail to understand be part of that economic voting groups. Dems must INFILTRATE these groups and be ready with SHORT statements of truth to overcome the lies.
Pull together guys and gals, cause YOU folks are making us lose--not Obama--with your naivety, unrealistic idealism, pseudo intellectualism, know-it-all rants and PUBLIC infighting. Keep your differences within the "family" because for Obama to get all the different factions of the Dems together is like herding cats.

I've been thinking lately that the Right has an Echo Chamber and a base that makes them somewhat effective. The Left don't have a dominant position in the media so they don't have an echo. Right wing churches also play a significant role , partly because they can paint issues as moral crusades and party because they meet once a week, every week. The Latino community became incredibly active in large part because they too had an echo chamber with Hispanic Radio and a base.They were also brilliant in the Dobbs effort, something PDA should take a serious look at.
These folks are outside the Republican Party which is the way the Republican Party likes it. The same holds true for the Democrats. They would rather have the pressure groups outside the party, inside it would create blaring conflicts between their big contributors and their rank and file. They don't want to mix message and money and membership.Someone once said we have a "no party system" controlled by interest group contributors.
The Democrats will give up power before creating a strong party organization since the contributors have more influence than the rank and file. They will chance losing control of congress before losing their contributors . That's the logic in a candidate centered system.
I spend my days woodworking trying to make beautiful things so the idea of a beautiful political party organization is something that I think would be nice but I guess we don't have the clients to make that happen.

Because someone wears the "D" does not mean that I agree with everything they say.
Obama has got to look at what he promised during his campaign and it wasn't dirty coal and nuclear and continuing Republican ideas or keeping Republican staff...He promised us CHANGE and I believed him. Now I expect him to produce and so do a lot of other Progressives.
I know a Democrat, Rep. Anne Kirkpatrick (Az.) who is a republican in democrats clothing...should we continue to vote for her just because she has a "D" after her name?
NO! We need to get a good Progressive to run for that seat next time she is up for election.

I just found you today and boy am I glad!
Everyone tries to frame the Brown vs Coakley race as a turning away from Pres. Obama.
I don't that's completely true. I watched Martha Coakley and as a progressive democrat I can tell you that if I lived in Mass. I wouldn't have bothered to go out and vote.
Her body language was one of arrogance. Who wants to vote for someone who acts like she is better than everyone else? Or someone who takes you for granted?
She lost her own race, plain and simple!