re: #60 imp_62

Which again brings up the question: where the hell are the grass-roots Democratic activists? These issues cannot be left to think tanks and pundits. The poor, the vulnerable, those most affected by these heinous legislative agendas - they cannot be reached by traditional means and media. Where are the Democratic “populists”? Rachel Maddow is great, but she reaches a fraction of the people Limbaugh and Beck do. Jon Stewart hasn’t taken that next step to hard political commentar.

Well, I think part of it is that there just hasn’t been a cause and a leader to really energize the base to action for a while. I mean, sure Obama got some people worked up and cheering, but even he didn’t seem to really get people to go and act. He’s no Jack Kennedy.