Mark Schmitt at the American Prospect makes that case that the failure of the public option and other items on the progressive agenda are less the fault of the president and are due more to the strength of progressive infrastructure:
None of this is to forgive Obama his errors of commission or omission. But just as his campaign was built on a base of organizing, online activism, and civic engagement that preceded him, so the success of his presidency and this Congress will depend on the strength of the progressive infrastructure. If progressives don't support these structures for policy development and advocacy, further failure will be a self-fulfilling prophecy. And the fault will lie not in our star but in ourselves.
This should be required reading for the nation.
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