Lots of leftist political activists seem outside of the loop in Democratic politics. We know Obama can't even begin to give them everything they want but wouldn't it be refreshing if someone in his adminstration could be designated as a liason between the White House and the what the media calls the "far-left".
Ok--Barack is going to be president--now what usually happens in the long established pattern of left leaners is that they all start sniping at him from everything from the choice of the pup to the Secretary of State pick. What could disarm this waste of energy is a simple liaison between the far Left and the White House. After all, if Barack is willing to sit down with Chavez and Castro he is probably willing to show a little love to the millions of progressives who helped to elect him.
Republicans seem to cater to their edges, Democrats not so much. Dear Obama administration: It is doubtful that many of the hard fastened Right will ever swing your way. They were already calling you a "Socialist" a "Marxist" and a "baby-killer" and we all know that was just a warm-up. On the other hand a lot of progressives kept their mouth shut for the past months knowing that some of the issues they care about would only have been land mines for you. Most of them kept silent about some of their desires and worked their butts off for you. Could you please open up a dialog with them? Wouldn’t it be great if you could designate a representative to listen to some of the more alternative types who cast their ballots for you last week?
Maybe such a person already exists. If they do please let us know. I’m thinking that somebody from the Daily Kos may be privy to this info. Maybe the contact is a fellow blogger here--sweet--let’s communicate. Let us know that you are interested in the varied causes represented in the catch all term, "progressive". You can't agree with them about everything, Sub Commander Marcos probably won’t be coming to dinner the first month and I doubt if reefer will become available with food stamps but please talk to them. At this stage they just need to know that someone is listening. Hey, Hello..Hello..is anyone out there?