Given that the Democrats currently control both houses of Congress as well as the White House, and that the Republicans are currently showing no desire to contribute anything meaningful to the health care debate but are instead dead set on preventing Obama from effectively governing, you’d think that the Democrats would ignore them and get on with the business of repairing the damage wrought by 8 years of Republican rule under the Decider’s administration. You’d think they wouldn’t care a bit when Republicans call them names or demand resignations. And if that’s what you think, then, like me, you must be frequently picking your jaw up off the floor as the Democrats give one inch of ground after another to a party that supposedly has no power, no authority, and no more credibility.

The latest Republican victory comes in the form of the resignation of Obama advisor Van Jones. The problem? Jones said some mean things about Republicans and signed a petition in 2001 calling for an investigation into whether high ranking government officials allowed the 9/11 attacks to happen. This is really one of those WTF? moments. I mean, come on. Republican officials have been saying the whackiest things for years. They’ve outright lied to the American people about health care reform. They’ve made all sorts of personal attacks against prominent Democrats. Michelle Bachmann is programmed to do nothing but say dumb things about Democrats generally and Obama specifically. And who has forgotten the accusations that Obama “pals around with terrorists”? Or all of those attacks against Democrats in general for not supporting the illegal invasion of Iraq? The list is too long to recount in one blog post.

The Obama administration is turning into a freak show. Where the Bush administration rammed one misguided policy down our throats after another, abusing his power and trampling our rights, the Obama administration is failing so far to deliver the things we really need to ensure our future as a healthy nation, despite having a mandate from the voters and majority legislative power. And they still cave to Republicans over silly little tripe like this non-scandal over what Van Jones said or did a few years ago. Pathetic, really.

If Obama is going to deliver the change he promised and prove to be the savior of America, he sure is making a poor show of it so far.