In 2008 I was a Clinton supporter throughout most of the primary season

[Tom Rinaldo]

76. I fundamentally disagree with you

The left is disproportionately represented in the ranks of grass roots electoral activists. There are plenty of centrist and moderate Democrats working hard at that level too, I grant that, but the Left carries more than its fair share of the weight, always has. I am the Chair of my Town's Democratic Committee and we just went through a local election cycle in our town where we won every contested seat, and it was leftists like me who did most of the nitty gritty grunt work. In 2006 it was the anti-war left that mobilized to win the House of Representatives away from the Republican Party, and that too wasn't a presidential election year. 2010 was a set back granted, but don't blame the left for not delivering more than their share of energy to the campaign. The left, second only to African Americans, is the most reliable voting block the Democratic Party has. Enthusiasm was down on the left in 2010 after Obama left most of the Bush tax cuts in place and failed to deliver a public option for health insurance, true, but we still worked harder than most Democrats in that election also. It is third way Democrats, DLC Democrats, who are content to make their back room deals and expect to win with corporate funding rather than working the base of the Democratic Party, not the Left.