Reply #197: If True, That Makes No Sense At All

[Yavin4]

First, the HCR debate was not settled at the time of the Mass. special election. In fact, the Public Option was still a remote possibility. If Progressives truly wanted to have the P.O., then why not work harder to elect a real Progressive to the Senate from that state, a state that is hospitable to Progressives.

Finally, the whole "Progressives are disheartened because of Obama" meme is not only tired, but it's dead wrong. Progressives in Wisconsin are working hard to unseat state Republican senators. Progressives in Vermont are working hard to pass single payer health care. They're not disheartened by Obama.

Both are prime examples of how Progressives need to stop seeing themselves as political victims and instead work hard for their goals.