... in the not-feeling-sorry-for-ourselves department.
It's not about holding onto power. That's a goal that eludes us all. It's making the most of it when you have it. Democrats in the current Congress did an effective, if not perfect job of doing just that. And that matters because (and I can't say it enough) we have the ideas that work, and that the American people need.
The tragedy of American politics is that, in no small part due to the upward shift in wealth over the past three decades, it's now the wealthy who have the clout to promote our ideas and translate them into reality. This is but one example.
Why should the American people have to wait for the intersection of wealth and wisdom before something good happens for them?
The real us-versus-them in our society is no longer about left and right, but rich and poor. But the left still needs to be strong, and even dangerous, or else it will be about rich and poor forever. Once, it was. But all of that changed, in part because of the other side's ruthlessness, and in part because of our innocence, and our willingness to worship it at the expense of everything else.
It's time to once again embrace Mother Jones' advice: "Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living!"
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