Ta-Nesihi Coates calls out Progressives to get busy.

[mistertrickster]

. . . being taken seriously involves actual work. It means a poverty tour that doesn't just bark (Obama the black mascot) but bites (voter registration in swing districts.) If you don't like the current iteration of America, you need to remember that you are America. The failure to build a more progressive America isn't merely a testimony to dastardly evil, it's a testimony to the failure of progressives.

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/09/liberal-sorcery/245142/

I agree with him that Progressives need to do more and get better organized. But I disagree in that it's much harder for our side. We don't have the billionaires and their astro-turf organizations.

Also, the two million strong Obama For America turned out to be a total bust.