The rationale

My point in repeatedly returning to the history of how Rep. Paul Broun was elected is not to poke a stick in anyone's eyes, but rather to say that it's imperative to turn this justified outrage into something tangible ... namely a strong challenge to the congressman next year. And that means getting on board with whoever that challenger is by giving him/her money, knocking on doors, making phone calls and doing all of the things absolutely necessary to waging a good campaign.

Who that person will be, who knows. But whether or not it's a staunch progressive who is out to merely run a principled race against Broun or a moderate-to-conservative Democrat who strives for centrism or even a moderate Republican who folks might disagree with on a few issues, but would be willing to go to bat for the community he/she represents ... it's essential that the community gets behind them.

Yes, it would be an uphill battle, but it's arguably one worth waging. And I saw too much apathy among local Democrats in 2007 and 2008 surrounding this race, and that frustrated me greatly. Broun's given us just cause to shed that apathy and actually fight back.

Sure, we'll probably lose, but if we don't play, we won't know.