Midday open thread

dailykos.com — Robert Borosage and Roger Hickey at the Campaign for America's Future had a dialog on how progressives can learn from the frustrations of 2009. [Video here.] The main points:

1. Change is brutal, and will always be resisted by powerful entrenched forces. ...

2. No matter how popular a reform idea is, like the public option, it still faces the buzzsaw of the United States Senate.

3. Progressives cannot wash their hands of the political process. We have to organize more, independent of the political parties.

4. This is still the best opportunity in 30 years for progressive reform.