We should google-bomb Third Way, so that when you enter
“hyper-timid incrementalist bullshit” in Google,
Third Way’s website is the first one that comes up.

And these people are agents of change?

All, Please read “The Prince.” Especially the chapter on “Change”. Change is hard.

I kindof think that Atrios and others might have not even noticed if they had simply posted a small update to the original post.

There’s no big conspiracy or sinister machinations going on here. I had been mistaken about certain of Third Way’s policies and practices, and Jennifer Palmieri dealt with the situation in a timely and appropriate manner while I was away.

Though the CAP management has graciously provided me with a soapbox to spout off as I please, in fact my posts appear here at their sole discretion. They have a perfect right to make edits to my blog posts before, during, or after posting. The fact that they have never made edits to my post beforehand is more a function of the practicalities of doing so (submitting my posts to a lengthy editorial process would obviously slow down posting prohibitively) than of any kind of “editorial control” on my part over this blog. It’s simple: I don’t have any.

When I decided to join CAP and become active in the progressive movement, there were admittedly certain freedoms I gave up. But it’s more than worth it in order to have the opportunity to partner with movers and shakers like John Podesta, the incoming Obama administration, and yes, even organizations like Third Way.

And by the way, the suggestion that Third Way is engaged in any improper behavior vis-a-vis their tax status is just outrageous and borderline defamatory.