"I think the reason the Dems are so successful is that they don't hold any strong principles so they never strongly disagree"
I think this might be what you really meant??
No, I thought I was clear.. In actuality, the Dems do have strong principles... it's just that we don't like what they stand for. Their message has been clear ever since I can remember, and they keep pushing the envelope. They don't eat their own; they rarely fight each other in public like the conservatives do. We tear each other apart unless we agree with each other 100% on every single issue. Any time there's any kind of dissent on even the most insignificant issues, we think we should throw the dissenting bum out.
This whole mess is despicable the way Terri was allowed to die.
If we're to be ruled by laws, then we need to make the laws clear so that there is little room for different interpretation. And we need to support obeying the laws even when we disagree with them.
There are too many legal scholars who take different sides of the issues surrounding this case for it to be clear. In such circumstances I find it disturbing that everyone is willing to blame the Bush's for not doing any more. Well, I'm on record as saying that I don't think they could have carried it any further and still retain any credibility that the conservatives are for the rule of law. We don't like what happened; it wasn't the lack of following the law that resulted in this situation, but it was the lack of a clear and concise legal understanding of what the law really is.