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[ludwigb]

In fact this "oppositional mentality" has been a progressive "debility" throughout the century.

There is a great passage in Hillary's book where she discusses the way Clinton opposed the Vietnam war. Not by chanting and slogan-making, but by skillfully and agressively lobbying congressmen and appealing to common values. On one occasion, he actually brought a sympathetic constituent who had lost a relative into a Senator's office, where she promptly gave him a tongue-lashing. And eventually this Senator changed his stance on the war.

We need pragmatism, pragmatism, coalitions, and solidarity. We have enough "voices" and we have been heard--now it's time to bring about change and get things done.