Lately,. I have begun to observe Democrats becoming more bold.  Meaning, I am starting to hear more of them talking like their Dukakis, Mondal”ian” roots.  Flash back to yesterday.  I was watching Meet the Press.  (By the way, Tim Russert conducted a “softball interview” with Jim Webb of VA.  I thought he was going to start asking him challenging questions like “what’s your shoe size?” and “what’s your favorite color?”.  To be expected.  Russert would do anything to see Obama in the White House.)

So, anyway, I really wasn’t all that surprised to hear Jim Webb, one of Obama’s possibilities for VP talk about introducing a graduated tax for capital gains.  That’s right.  That’s really what we need, right?  A more complex tax structure.  Right?  Because, it just wasn’t complicated enough.  And, “let’s punish all of those pesky rich people who are creating the jobs for the rest of Americans and who will ultimately bring this economy out of a recession.”

Anyway, it really is interesting to hear Democrats of today like Jim Webb sound like Mondale, circa 1984.