If I didn't already know who Bernie is, and Obama hadn't won twice, what would I be thinking now?

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

3. And yes, we can't just 'fade away' after the election.

Or sit aside when he pushes for the things that benefit specific constituencies to which we do not ourselves belong.

We'll need to be pestering our Congresscritters, writing letters to the editor, and otherwise working to sway public sentiment enough that he CAN have a shot at actually achieving some goals, Republican Congress or no. And that means engaging our Republican neighbours and relatives in language they're receptive to, to get THEM onboard and pestering our Congresscritters as well. Not just demeaning them, not just writing them off as lost causes, but actually working them around to supporting very specific policies even if it's for reasons that sound RW on the surface, as long as it gets them to support proposed legislation that achieves a left wing end.