Reply #1: Would love to see the opinions of this author be as "revered" around here as the Greenwalds [View All]

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the Krugmans et al etc.

My favorite parts of this piece:

"Seems like we'd rather lecture the world on what it should be and fight over the details. It's not a matter of moving to the political left, right or center. It's about building a political movement by finding leadership in unlikely places. Places like urban neighborhoods that Dems love to talk about during the campaign, but don't necessarily visit when it's time to make policy. It's about building a set of shared goals."

"...Politics is also about a choice. And that choice is always there whether we like the options presented to us or not. Because politics is more than fighting to get your candidate in office . . . it's also about making sure your opponent stays out."

"...We've fooled ourselves into believing that we can't progress unless the circumstances are ideal. We've filled ourselves with such doubt that only the truly extraordinary might survive the knee-jerk second-guessing and self-defeatism we've come to expect at the first sign of adversity. Because there are two glaring truths to come out of this election:

1. The Republicans campaigned harder (that's on Martha Coakley); and
2. The tea party out organized the democratic base (that's on us)."

Even though I am aware that it was independents such as myself that handed Coakley her @ss in Massachusetts and not liberals, this is still some DAMN GOOD ADVICE that you, me and everyone reading knows before hand will fall on deaf ears...