As it turns out, that old saw about how a frog slowly boiled in water never jumps, isn't true. The frog jumps. Recent surveys show that over 80% of Americans believe the country is on the wrong track. They too are "ready to jump."
In order to convince them to jump, and to stay with a revived and long-term progressive coalition, we need to provide them with the coherent, persuasive, intellectual underpinnings of why the Right Wing has failed, and why they should embrace a new New Deal.
There is an absolutely compelling case to be made, but too often among the blogosphere, that case seems to be marginalized, and drowned out by the shouts of "The End is Near!" More than one economic blogger I respect has gone overboard calling for the Apocolypse, only to have to explain why it keeps getting delayed.