I want to offer my full-throated support to the campaign against BushDogs that is being launched at OpenLeft. I predicted before the midterm elections that the netroots would never become a mirror image of the right-wing blogosphere and turn into a cheering section for the Democrats. We’ll try to force the media to be fair and accurate in their coverage, but we were born to oppose and to mobilize for change. You can’t change those spots. We’re strongest when we have a cause, and there is nothing for us to do in the Presidential race, other than media criticism. We don’t have a champion candidate. To me, its got to be all about two things.
1) getting a filibuster proof majority in the Senate.
2) cleaning up our caucus in the House.
We do both those things, and a Democrat takes over the White House, and we can get single-payer health care. Maybe. But there is no way we can get it without accomplishing those two goals.
