For a number of election cycles, we progressives used the phrase "more and better Democrats" to describe our electoral strategy.
Well, we got more. We have a huge majority in the House, a filibuster proof majority in the Senate, and a Democrat in the White House, thanks in large part to this strategy being put into practice from the smallest liberal website up to Rahm Emanuel at the DCCC.
From a progressive perspective, though, something is becoming very clear as we look at the outcome of these efforts. We didn't necessarily elect "more and better Democrats", we simply elected "more Democrats".
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