Progressives storm Democratic primaries

[Jim Lane]

51. Uh, maybe they don't live in those districts?

A progressive activist lives in a district represented by a Democrat who, in the activist's opinion, is too conservative. The activist could:
(1) challenge the incumbent in the Democratic primary;
(2) challenge the incumbent in the general election, as the Green Party nominee or as an independent;
(3) uproot entirely and carpetbag into a district where he or she has no community ties and no base of support; or
(4) just STFU because some people on DU are hostile to his or her political views.

Option (3), which you impliedly tout, is absurd. Option (2), at the presidential level, helped get us Bush and the Iraq War.

I can't escape the suspicion that people who decry the use of option (1) are really thinking that everyone who disagrees with them should fall back on option (4).