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"Politics is the art of controlling your environment" (4.00 / 8)

Chris. This is indeed pretty exciting, most of all for this reason:

Now, moderate and corporate Dems can stop lecturing progressives about the vagaries of "political reality." This is because, through the Progressive Block, we are creating political reality, rather than merely suffering its effects.

Shout it from the rooftops. Political reality is, sadly, more than public opinion, as this is all showing us. Making the institutional changes we need in order to "fix the system" is the work of generations, and never really end.

This strategy shows us how to get results in our current favorable environment. Its key to actually, you know, mattering, and helps all the long-run movement building by offering focus and chances for real victory. As they say, nothing succeeds like success.

Me | My Work | Future Majority

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by: Josh Koenig @ Wed Jul 01, 2009 at 14:59:11 PM CDT

2 rules. 1. Win By The THE RULES, or, (4.00 / 1)

2. Change THE RULES so you can win.

it is about tie we picked door #1 or door #2 AND kicked ass. Since we were so freaking incompetent on #1, #2 seems like a good idea.

rmm.  

It is too full o' the milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way

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by: seabos84 @ Wed Jul 01, 2009 at 17:41:58 PM CDT

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