John Kerry

I am basically a moderate, and I am perceived everywhere is a left-wing extremist.

I'm old enough to remember Republicans who supported public education and invested in infrastructure. They supported women's health. After 1980, we began to slide into the mess we find ourselves in now. Health care is but one example of our self-destructive behavior. We vote against our own best interest over and over because we have been trained to turn against each other.

Sounds like a good book. I don't know where I learned about Kennedy's approach, but it is a good one and one we need to remember. We need to take small steps forward and just keep fighting. Many of my more progressive friends are mad at Obama, but need to remember what happened in 2010 when we all stayed home and pouted.