Eat, pray -- and vote---Rather than sitting out, progressives can sit in.--By Katrina vanden Heuvel

[kpete]

Eat, pray -- and vote

By Katrina vanden Heuvel
Tuesday, September 21, 2010

These prospects should concentrate the mind. This is indeed a choice election. We're not talking about a simple change of power in Congress, we're talking about a fundamental reordering of America in terms of its priorities and possibilities.

Of course, there is an alternative. Rather than sitting out, progressives can sit in. We can channel our disappointment and anger (and fear of a GOP takeover) into organizing and campaigning for the principles we believe in, as the One Nation march on the Mall in Washington will seek to do on Oct. 2. After all, the change we seek isn't going to come through one election, or one president. It will come from building coalitions, supporting progressive candidates and organizing independently.

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[xchrom]

1. recommend

[joeybee12]

2. Sounds like a recuycled column...hear the same old song and dance every 2 years...

...so tired.

[gratuitous]

3. Where is this coming from?

I have no intention of not voting, as disappointed as I've been by the performance of the Democratic majority over the last two years. I want to be sure that when the Democrats hang on to their majorities through the 2010 elections, that they don't see it as endorsement or validation of their timid ways. Since I have only two choices, my intention for my vote is not a pat on the head, but a kick in the ass, designed to spur my elected officials to a better, fairer government that works for more than just the wealthy. The wealthy seem to be doing okay; it's the rest of us who need some consideration.

[RaleighNCDUer]

5. Yep. Progressives! Come together and keep the Democrats in power!

Of course, after the election they will ignore you and the progressive stands that brought you in until next time, then,

Progressives! Come together and keep the Democrats in power!

Forget A Day Without A Mexican.

Consider, An Election Without A Progressive.

[Ozymanithrax]

4. ...and voting, I hope.

If progressives who go to Washington don't vote, they just took a vacation.