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One of the best-kept secrets in America is that the majority of Americans are anything but the self-centered me-firsters that the Republicans so depend on for votes. Says Michael Moore:

For years now, nearly every poll has shown that the American people are right in sync with the platform of the Democratic Party. They are pro-environment, pro-women's rights, pro-choice, they don't like war, they want the minimum wage raised, and they want a single-payer universal healthcare system.

With that kind of support behind them, why are the Democrats so weak and ineffectual? Moore goes on (incredulous emphasis mine):

Well, in 2006, the Dems...won so many House seats, they just waltzed in and took the place over. What a great day that was, seeing Nancy Pelosi bang the gavel down to open Congress. And what was her first act? To declare that any discussion of the impeachment of George W Bush was verboten and no one was ever to bring it up again. And that was that. It sent a clear message to Bush that he could just keep doing what he'd been doing for the first six years. The result? That's exactly what he did.

The problem isn't that the majority of Americans are me-firsters. The problem is that too many Democrats in Congress are.

Take the money out of politics and you'll see a completely different America.