Seizing the "Obama Moment": Which Side Are We On? (Sirotablog)

the messy, disorganized and all-too-deferential circus of progressive institutions - from labor unions, to D.C. think tanks, to grassroots groups, to the Netroots - has to move beyond Partisan War Syndrome, and into a movement posture. We must get out of thinking that the cure-all is the election, and realize that while elections are important, constant - and often confrontational - pressure against both parties has always been the only force that makes real progress. Whoever is president - whether it is Obama, the economic progressive; Obama the Wall Street sycophant, or McCain, the Bush clone - that transpartisan movement pressure will be the deciding factor between "change" and "more of the same."

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