Um-- and when have I or any other progressives argued for anything other than challenging existing leadership. I cited to the insurgency in Hudson County this past week that was decidely seeking (vocally) to smash the power of the Menendez-linked machine in the county.
And look at the new union-backed Partnership which will be funded with tens of millions of dollars for election 2004. This is essentially a means to bypass and marginalize the DNC, with labor and progressive allies taking direct control of all progressive soft money and distributing it as they see fit, not as Terry McAulliffe et al might wish.
What's odd is that folks on this list can't even see radical organizational shifts even when they are on the front page of the New York Times. The DNC and other traditional centers of traditional Dem leadership are essentially being turned into sideshows, as unions and other progressive groups are seizing the financial, turnout and other levers of party power.
-- Nathan Newman