If you read Nate Silver he recently posted that the GOP could pick up 70 seats in the mid-terms. 70 seats! He also said he wouldn't be surprised in Dem's only lost 25. Republicans will in Nov but moving to the left is not the answer.
I know that many on this website beleive strongly in a progressive agenda but the fact of the matter is that the country is not with you.
Prop 8 in California is a perfect example. If you can't win on the issue of gay marriage in CA then where can you win? I find it absurd to assume that if candidates ran to the left in competetive districts (say a district McCain won by a point or two) that the progressive would win.
I challenge anyone to show me one bit of hard data the shows a progressive candidate beating a moderate dem or conservative in a competetive district anywhere in the country. Show me one race that has a progressive winning a tough district. Just one.
Don't bother because you can't.
Now everyone is demanding Obama nominate a far left liberal to replace Stevens...or elese. Or else what? You are going to vote for a liberal who has zero chance of winning a national election? Why? So you can live in a country that is run by a far right conservative?
Before progressives start making demands and threats they should win the war if ideas. Liberals should make some headway in community meetings. Beat back the viceral arguements of right wing talkers and pols. It's getting old to come to the Kos and see threats that only lead to a further weakening of Obama and the Dem party as a whole. We are losing Stupak because the left bashed him before the right did. There was no respect for Stupak, yet moderates gave Dennis K a pass, he wasn't hounded with hate mail from moderates. Stupak got it bad from lefties.
Again, I challenge anyone to show me any data that proves a progressive can win in a district McCain held over Obama.
It's time for progressives to stop making childish demands and start winning the war of ideas. If the nation were truly "progressive" it wouldn't be so damn hard for progressives to win.
I'm not suggesting progressies roll over, I am simply suggesting progressives stop making threats to moderates and recognize that the country is simply not with you at this time. Rather than posting threats to Obama you should do something to win the war of ideas.
Here is the link to Silverhttp://www.fivethirtyeight.com/...