The emergence of Darcy

Jim Vesely believes he understands East Side politics--and he probably did 10 years ago. Both politics and the East Side have changed substantially since then.

Will Democrats let go of the 8th CD if Reichert wins a second term? Nuh-uh...no way...not gonna happen. Goldy hits the nail on the head.

If Reichert wins, the Democrats will not go away, because people like me won’t let them.
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If Reichert wins, we will collectively take a deep breath, analyze the results, and then immediately set out to recruit a netroots candidate for 2008.

Darcy's candidacy was brought into the national spotlight as a bottom-up effort by the grassroots and the netroots. We will do the same thing in 2008 if need be.

But let's keep this a purely theoretical question. You can help by putting your plastic to work or volunteering your time.