KRUGMAN: How big a deal is the surprise primary defeat of Representative Eric Cantor? VERY.

[1StrongBlackMan]

32. You know for tea-partiers ...

the "status quo" means something completely different from what a Democrat or liberal means when they say it, right?

The left of the party has been disenfranchised by the Democratic Party Machine. Our only hope is to get a serious progressive candidate to give H. Clinton a run for her Goldman-Sachs money.

Well, have at it ... then we will see whether the base of the party is in the left of the party, the right, or somewhere in the middle. I would hazard to guess, we are somewhere in the middle.

There are a lot of eligible voters that dont consider themselves in the Democratic base and they are sick of the status quo. These are the voters the Democrats should be trying to woo. Take a stand against Wall Street corruption, fix our infrastructure, vote down crippling trade agreements, repeal the Patriot Act, invest in the VA and not military buildups. H. Clinton isnt the one to take these on.

I would see a lot of eligible voters do not consider themselves in the Democratic base because there are not partisan. I agree that Democrats should woo them, but I doubt this cohort really cares about "taking a stand against Wall Street corruption, vote down crippling trade agreements, repeal the Patriot Act, or investing in the VA and not military buildups, other than a passing interest ... far, far after jobs and education and the social safety net and jobs.

It is only us semi-comfortable folks that have the time, energy and interest in the non-survival issues.