In a most unexpected and off-the-cuff manner, Kos wrote today:
"At this point, I suspect we won't make the predicted gains because most people feel helpless about the political situation in DC.
What every Democratic challenger should do at this point is run against DC. Not just against Republicans, but against the entire frickin' town. It's a mess. It's a disaster. Run against it. Run against Pelosi. Run against Frist. Run against DeLay. Run against Biden. Run against the Democratic consultants. Run against the whole lot of them.
Promise to shake shit up in DC, and maybe people will perk up. Maybe they'll decide they don't have better things to do on Election Day than trudging to the polls."
Now, I understand that Kos is quite busy but, although there are now over 100 comments in that thread, he has yet to respond to any of them and explain the reasons behind what appears to be a radical and sudden change of tactics on his part for the coming November elections.
We need to hear from you, Kos, and soon! (Hence the separate diary for those who wish to support this call...)
More on the flip...
Now either you were just temporarily thrown off (for example, by Pelosi's backstabbing move to oppose HR 1660 or by Rodriguez's disappointing loss in Texas) and spoke out in indignation, which happens even to the best of us. Or else, you have reached a breaking point and have decided to advocate a radically different approach for progressives in the Democratic Party to follow for the coming elections.
As was pointed out by numerous posters, advocating a throw-the-bums-out approach (which I happen to agree with in the current political context) sure seems to mark a turn from your recent positions in the Hackett/Brown dispute, your enthusiastic support for Harry Reid, etc. (all of which you argued with convinction).
You have given new life to a critically important debate and opened a huge can of worms...
Care to tell us why and why now?
In unity,
