My Sentiments, exactly. From "Crooks and Liars"

Nobody takes us seriously!

Mike Lux nails it.

"Centrist" politicians (so-called because they are seeking the center between us rabid progressive types and the repeal-the-20th-Century policies of the Republican Party, as opposed to the actual voting center of the country which is about as rabid as us progressive types on economic policy) can't understand why the vast majority of progressives have set ourselves in opposition to grand budget bargains and deals that Wall Street bankers are willing to sign off on. They can't understand why we are so shrill in our defense of Social Security and Medicare and Medicaid, why we are so adamant in demanding big and bold jobs measures rather than modest policies that Republicans might consider, and why we would reject a deal with the big banks that would let them off the hook on future liability for all the crimes they have committed on mortgage fraud and servicing.

I can give them the simple reason: the middle class in this country (let alone the poor) is being crushed, and it feels way too much like most politicians aren't trying to do anything to change that...