I think we find that we are seeing these words attributed to Gahndi in action. 'First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win."
We've seen since the founding of the progessive/liberal blogtopia that by and large it was ignored and then riducled. After the apparent success of YK fear has entered into the picture.
This fear is real and visceral. The independent thought of thousands of American VOTERS is dangerous when combined in force. The Kos model threatens the various little kingdoms and duchys that the pundits, journalists (a term I use very liberally),cool kids and oh, so smart fellows at TNR and the DLC.
So now we come to the fighting part. Raw Story indicates that tomorrow that paragon of intelligent debate and rational thought David Brooks is going to weigh in Kos. It makes me very happy. The people here are making a differenc. Fear has struck the hearts of the Iago's of the American dream and soon that fear will defeat them.
So know it's a matter of staying focused, staying together and remembering that the march of logic and truth will continue and this slow motion national nightmare will end.
How soon, I can't say. But I do know that the 2006 elections are much more crucial than 2008. If we do not win in a majority in 2006 then I doubt that 2008 will matter.