Where art thou progressives?
Booman offers from sound advice for progressives:
Sometimes I am a little harsh with Dennis Kucinich but there’s a reason that goes far beyond anything having to do with Dennis. Progressives have been down for so long, and have been so marginalized in our political culture, that we have no sophistication, we have no experience in governing, and we have almost no bench to staff Barack Obama’s administration. It’s almost amusing to watch my progressive brothers and sisters wring their hands everytime Obama’s campaign floats the name of a possible member of his cabinet. It almost inevitably results in accusations that Obama isn’t remotely progressive or dislikes progressives or is selling out progressives. Well…let me ask you. Who have we allowed to become the face of progressivism? Dennis Kucinich. Kucinich has a few wacky positions but he’s the one out there talking about single-payer health care, impeachment, and most forcefully advocating an end to the war. He’s a flawed messenger in the exact same way that Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton have been flawed messengers for the black community. You may want to defend them because they’ve at least been talking the talk, but it’s never good to have your interests represented by people that are easily marginalized. Never.