More election musings

Ezra at Pandagon captures my feeling when he says (contrary to Kos's argument) that improving voter turn-out is not the problem for Democrats/progressives in coming years: it's getting more people to be part of your base. Really, it's getting more people to identify with your goals (or even recognize what your goals really are), and reclaiming the terms of discussion from those that demonize you...

We don't need to turn out our base, we need to enlarge it. We need to make liberalism safe and attractive, and we need more Americans to demand more progressivism in their candidate.

We've already got plenty of values, so let's make sure people know about it!