--The time has come. From
Shakespeare's Sister:
...So we are in a position where we have a sizeable and growing left with an increasingly clear platform of policy demands (less intrusive coalition-based foreign policy; roll back unwise tax cuts and spending to balance the budget; realistically address far-reaching domestic problems like health insurance affordability; and provide a comprehensive approach to offset the downsides of corporate globalization, to name a few) but no political leadership to mold these progressive ideals into national policy. Sadly, I don't even see leadership materializing in time for 2008.
Cernig makes a timely suggestion: create structures modeled on Poland's Solidarity movement.
... grassroots up structure for a coalition movement on the Left - a true American Solidarity. ...
... Hasn't politics in America devolved into a contest of which party can more slickly persuade the public that the other side is evil so that they can get back to handing out truckloads of taxpayer cash to corporate contributors? Didn't the Senate just approve a movement conservative to the high court in the same week that the conservative movement was exposed as a gang of criminals who've taken over the country by breaking its laws? ...