You won't hear it from the Mainstream Media (and certainly not on Fox), but the big winners in yesterdays elections were progressive democrats. Turnout was higher on the democratic side, we won the one actual national election against a republican (keeping Murtha's seat in PA) and Joe Sestak beat Arlen Specter!
You will likely continue to hear how tea-bagger anti-incumbency fever spells defeat for Democrats in the fall, but I've never believed that and these elections results indicate that our own progressive efforts to get the corporate dems out of office is working and making the party more appealing.
No reason to relax, but we are not fighting a losing battle here, we are making the small incremental gains that are part of how democracy works.
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