Michael Steele continues to exemplify everything that is wrong with modern politics. Yesterday, he outright explained that politicians need to be loyal to their party, not the people who actually elected them.

“Candidates who live in moderate to slightly liberal districts have got to walk a little bit carefully here, because you do not want to put yourself in a position where you’re crossing that line on conservative principles, fiscal principles, because we’ll come after you. You’re gonna find yourself in a very tough hole if you’re arguing for the president’s stimulus plan or Nancy Pelosi’s health plan.”

His position seems to have as much to do with the people supporting the plans as it does that actual plans themselves. I'm reaching new levels of hopelessness when it comes to politicians. The Left can't get out of its own way while the Right seems to be playing to the extremist factions of the party. And I'm really questioning whether Obama made the right choice when he decided to make health care essentially the first major move of his presidency. Maybe he should have focused on the economy and tackled some smaller issues at the start, because right now, the Dems are a mess and can't seem to even agree on their own message.

And, of course, lost in all of this is the actual people.