I'm sure that by now we've all read the front-paged, and carefully plotted, target list by kos.

I'm certainly not the political pro he is.  I'm just a guy who's been doing grunt work as a volunteer for democrats and lefty causes since the days when I still had hair, and my beard wasn't grey.  And, I'm still a diarist with training wheels, but I feel like we're getting stuck in a false dichotomy between pragmatics and ideals (yes, Virginia, there really is a Hope, Arkansas).

Of course we need to "target" the fifty (or whatever arbitrary number the professional mathematicians amongst us become convinced via their slide rules is the "correct" number) of most vulnerable candidates, but...

please hear me out on this after the jump...

Our party leadership has declared Impeachment to be "off the table."  So, maybe we should close ranks and comply with the I-word lockdown... at least for now.  Although it's against my nature, I might be willing to wear a muzzle temporarily for the good of the party, but I draw the line at blinders.  So, here's what I'm reading on the subject right now...

It is difficult to describe the mixed feelings one experiences during a massive Democratic Victory while living in a red congressional district written off by the party before the election cycle even started, but my drive home today was just plain nuts!

Okay, I'm one of the new guys on the block, and so was going to wait until after this election cycle to become a first-time diarist.  And... the last 24-hours before the first Tuesday in November is not usually the time to fill up the tubes on the internets with state legislature stuff, but this is just so outrageous, you gotta see it to believe it.  Check this...