We are less than three months away from the midterm elections, which means that the progressive blogosphere is due to start panicking…now. OMG, Casey is blowing his lead over Santorum! OMG, the Democrats’ election strategy sucks! OMG, the Greens are Republican tools!
Take a deep breath, everyone. While it’s never wise to forecast the future of the political landscape, I’m generally confident that enough people are sufficiently horrified by the last few disastrous years of Republican leadership to hand Democrats significant pickups in Congress and several governorships. We may or may not get our dream of a Democratic House and/or Senate, but we can’t even think about doubting ourselves and the momentous wind at our backs. This can be our year to come out of the political cold and put this country on a saner path, if we’re willing to put our self-doubts aside and work damned hard between now and November.
I think I’ll give some money to Patty Wetterling this week. What are you doing to make change happen this fall?
