A 50 state strategy requires a big tent

[Warpy]

76. That's what Dr. Dean thought and to a point, he was right

but we also got "Democrats" like Max Baucus who held up the ACA because he was terrified some woman would use it to get an abortion, even though the Hyde amendment forbade any Federal dollars, even those going to subsidize health care for the poorest, should ever go for abortion. He was a fucking fool who almost killed the whole thing.

However, in general, I'd rather have Baucus than most of the Republican ideologues and clowns that are sitting in there now. The worst Democrat is always better than the best Republican.

Bad Democrats need to be primaried out when we can do it, so the Manchins and Landrieus need to listen to their constituents and to the rest of the party instead of only to corporate lobbyists.

However, a wide net is also going to get us a few good ones from places we never considered. Look at Senator Udall, from my own state. He replaced a conservative old fossil named Pete Domenici that people had voted in for decades out of sheer habit. Nobody saw that coming, a true liberal replacing a bedrock right winger.

So yes, I'm all for the 50 state strategy and accepting some dross along with the gold.