Removing Republicans

As I don't particularly anticipate that the kind of Democrats I have seen, even here in Northern California, will exactly transform America, should they ever find themselves in power again, I wouldn't want to be understood to be advocating their election. On the other hand, the elimination of reactionary Republicans (I know that's redundant, but just in case there are more than one or two who aren't) is so desirable that the election of almost any Democrat, where a better choice is simply not available (as it often is), should be encouraged.
But I think it will always be hard to elect Democrats so long as they sell themselves to the highest bidder in the manner that Republicans do more successfully. A major reason is that Democrats don't command as high a price, as they are not quite so unprincipled. They might do better with a stronger adherence to principle so as to give voters more of a choice.
This they could accomplish with a firmer embrace of the rule of law and the defense of democracy instead of selling out at the merest whiff of the real currency of our democracy, i.e. currency.
When Sen. Kerry and his colleagues excuse the disregard of the Israeli government for the judgment of the International Court of Justice, or continue to fund and otherwise facilitate Israel's unending violations of the Geneva accords and other international laws on Palestinian territory while they simultaneously lecture the Palestinians on mending their terrorist ways, they undermine any credibility or appeal they might have to a constituency that might otherwise see them as a reasonable alternative to the Christian fanatics and Zionist running dogs they presently see ensconced in the American government. Israel need not be eliminated to accomplish the policy change this would mean, but the fundamental fairness of holding both sides to the rule of law would be a prerequisite. Israel is, after all, still attempting to colonize territory and denying the right of self-determination to a people it has shamefully attempted to edit out of history with slogans like "a land without people for a people without land."
Jews around the world indeed have the right of self-determination just like anyone else, but a principled Middle East policy recognizes that so do the Palestinians, no matter how inconvenient their long historical presence there has been. Propping up the Israeli government with military and economic support as the United States has done for decades without at least some demonstration that the money will be cut back even a little bit when it is used for illegal oppression of minorities in and out of Israel illustrates clearly that the U.S. government, warmly endorsed by its Democratic supporters, is opposed and inimical to the application of law and justice, prefering instead to honor money and power. This hasn't worked too badly for us in the past, but it is a weak reed upon which to lean for the long run. Let's not wait for such policies to turn on us, if they haven't already.