I don't know why any of you give a damn about what Tim says or does. He's about 3 or 4 years behind most of us when it comes to basic observations about the left. His only purpose is to serve as a gateway for moderate leftists to eventually end up on your side. Outside of that, he bores me.
Because having that gateway is important. He can feel frustratingly far behind those of us living and breathing the bleeding edge of this stuff, but you have to win recruits long march through the institutions style, and good pace-and-lead efforts by people like this are important to keep tabs on and try to help steer.
I don't know why any of you give a damn about what Tim says or does. He's about 3 or 4 years behind most of us when it comes to basic observations about the left. His only purpose is to serve as a gateway for moderate leftists to eventually end up on your side. Outside of that, he bores me.
Because having that gateway is important. He can feel frustratingly far behind those of us living and breathing the bleeding edge of this stuff, but you have to win recruits long march through the institutions style, and good pace-and-lead efforts by people like this are important to keep tabs on and try to help steer.