Old Democrat Fad: Blame Bush; New Democrat Fad: Blame Rahm Emanuel

These guys are kidding themselves:

Democrats in Congress are holding White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel accountable for his part in the collapse of healthcare reform.
The emerging consensus among critics in both chambers is that Emanuel’s lack of Senate experience slowed President Barack Obama’s top domestic priority. …
“I think Rahm ran the play his boss called; once Obama called the play, Rahm did everything he could to pass it, scorched-earth and all that,” said a senior lawmaker, who added that Emanuel didn’t seek a broader base of Senate Republicans. “I think he did miscalculate the Senate. He did what he thought he had to do to win.”
Senate Democrats grilled White House advisers last week during a special Senate Democratic retreat, expressing frustration over the lack of a clear plan.
While Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) ripped chief political strategist David Axelrod, Senate Democrats say Emanuel, who was more closely involved in managing negotiations in Congress, also deserves scrutiny.

I think Democrats efforts to pass a government health care takeover met with widespread popular resistance from the American electorate that rendered even the Democrat super-majority fractured and useless.
IIf Americans truly wanted a government take over of health care in numbers even approaching a majority Rahm Emanuel and his arm-twisting wouldn’t have mattered. The bill would have sailed through Congress even with Republicans objecting along the way.
Because Democrats didn’t need a single Republican to pass this bill.
Democrats are face the grim reality of a stalled domestic agenda. They can’t admit that said agenda is stalled because the people don’t want it, so instead they must find scapegoats. Axelrod, who was previously the target of liberal derision, is too high-ranking to go under the bus.
Emanuel may not be.