Get Off the Defeatist Cycle.

Well, the Republicans blatantly stole the White House. Nader didn't get the magic 5 percent, and we on the left are as weak as ever. So where do we go from here? How can we avoid finding ourselves in the same position again in another four years: facing undesirable electoral alternatives, with no solid foundation for opposition, and primed to tilt at windmills with whoever comes riding along?

Only the right wing ever seems to learn anything from electoral outcomes. After Barry Goldwater was swamped by Lyndon Johnson in 1964, the right embarked on a strategic, long-term campaign that was largely grassroots-based. They realized that their push had been prematu...

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