You say: “4 or 8 years in the White House will not be enough time to fix the damage caused by George Bush. So to achieve the long term comprehensive success the progressive movement needs to fix this nation we need to bring liberals, progressives, and moderates together.”

I could not agree more. This is the exact reason why I’ve been excited about Obama since Super Tuesday. I do think he has the ability to inspire a generation of new progressive citizens, while uniting the various factions of the current Democratic party (though that’s getting tougher the longer this primary draws out). Of course, Obama will have to deliver on his progressive promises, which will be no small feat. Especially given all the obstacles that gmknobl outlined in the previous comment.

The one thing I would love to see is the unification of the progressive/establishment factions. Because that too is a long term problem facing the Dem Party. It’s not a new problem, but it needs to be addressed if the party plans on winning anything beyond 2008. I hope Obama offers the VP nod to Clinton or one of her surrogates (e.g., Evan Bayh, Wesley Clark, etc.).

Anyway, again, thanks for your post. Big fan of the blog and I appreciate your perspective on things.

I just hope that with oil climbing ever higher, strong evidence that our own inflation rate is 6-9% in reality, not just 2.x% as the shrub government would have us believe, and another war breaking out in the Middle East (Lebanon) we aren’t forced into a nasty depression. Oil could hit $5/gal and real inflation could hit over 10%. This is the time our country needs radically different leadership and well-reasoned but immediate action. I just hope Obama can provide this. In fact, I’m praying for it.