I heard Christina D. Romer, chairwoman of the Council of Economic Advisers, interviewed on Nightly Business Report. It hit me how badly phrased were her responses to the questions she was asked.

The President, his administration, and the Democrats seem to have missed the story altogether.  The most important issue is that the Republicans have lost their nerve in fighting the recession.

The initial fight which included the stimulus package and the financial sector bailout was enjoying quite a bit of success.  However, there was more effort needed to get us out of our economic predicament.

Just as President Obama asked for the next step, the Republicans lost their nerve.  All of a sudden they cannot stomach even the smallest addition to the country’s debt.

The honchos of the financial sector have been making out like bandits over the past year.  Just as the benefits of recovery were about to spread to the rest of the population, the Republicans have decided that we have seen enough recovery.

If the Republicans showed this kind of behavior in a war, they would rightfully be accused of at least cowardice if not treason.

Instead of pointing out that the commander cannot lead if the troops don’t have the courage to fight, the Democrats are stumbling to explain what they have done wrong.

They need to speak up and explain that nearly two thirds of the Senate has enough courage to do what needs to be done.  However, the rules of the Senate allow the one third cowards to hold everyone back because they are too afraid to proceed.

The constituents of this small minority needs to put some backbone into their Senators and give them the courage to save this country.

I’d hate to think that for the want of a couple of extra Democratic Senators the nation was lost.  Unless somebody can explain to the American voter what is at stake here, we might go down to defeat.