Barack Obama makes a lot of sense Read his post on DailyKos:

From traveling throughout Illinois and more recently around the country, I can tell you that Americans are suspicious of labels and suspicious of jargon. They don't think George Bush is mean-spirited or prejudiced, but have become aware that his administration is irresponsible and often incompetent. They don't think that corporations are inherently evil (a lot of them work in corporations), but they recognize that big business, unchecked, can fix the game to the detriment of working people and small entrepreneurs. They don't think America is an imperialist brute, but are angry that the case to invade Iraq was exaggerated, are worried that we have unnecessarily alienated existing and potential allies around the world, and are ashamed by events like those at Abu Ghraib which violate our ideals as a country.

His point is that progressives need to see the country through a non-partisan lense if they want to build a successful progressive majority. Single-issue people, who put their cause above all else, even to the detriment of other progressive causes, set the movement back. They fuel a fire that burns away any chance for true accord in this country.

It will be interesting to see Obama's role in leading on this level.  ¶ 11:04 AM