Why We Need to Buck the Status Quo

Because articles that spew this kind of nonsense do not help anything, nor does the mentality they would like to enshrine:

Now, liberal critics of Mrs. Clinton appear to be running headlong into the same political reality: the immense support she has with the party faithful, despite having taken positions that infuriated the left. That loyalty among the rank and file may help explain why the senator's advisers do not appear to be very troubled by the protests erupting on the left, loud and persistent though they may be.

Now, I'm not exactly sure what immense support among the party faithful means. I, and several thousand others, if not millions around the blogosphere consider ourselves to be the party faithful, and her support is lukewarm at best. On the whole we appreciate her as a senator, but are not enthusiastic about her up and coming presidential bid. Hillary has spent the past couple years beefing up her centrist and moderate cred, in the DLC mold, which is what we can't stand. Some of us believe in the theory that appealing to the center, especially one that happens to be constantly shifting, is a mistake. This theory has been borne out over the past 6 years in statewide and national elections. The reasons are as follows:

1. Moving to the center and closer to the other side is a slap in the face to your base
2. It has the simultaeous effect of reaffirming that the other side was correct; meaning, why do they need you when they have one of their own
3. It demonstrates a lack of ideology and commitment that has proven to be fatal
   

The main reasons I've heard in support of Hillary are the same things I heard for Kerry: electability , name recognition, money. All of these things are irrelevant and relying on them only impedes progress in the areas that really matter: communication, consistency and policy (a third c would've been nice though). Surprisingly, those of us who are the party faithful are concerned about the future of the party, and that is why we are trying to buck the status quo, as evinced in Hillary's strategy, that has been so detrimental to the party in the past decade. It is why Howard Dean and not Martin Frost is running the DNC. It is time to do things differently.

The other status quo that we must buck is the media's little game of playing with their favorite memes - don't they know they can go blind if they keep doing that? The media - the above quote is from that great, left wing conspiracy bastion, the New York Times - loves to play with the "Democrats divided" meme. Come on. We have a war going on, in case anybody forgot, which it seems they have, an economy in the tubes, Republican corruption scandals coming out of the wazoo, a President who has broken the law and laughed at the Constitution, and all the media can think to write about is how the Democrats are divided? Give me a fucking break. Ignatius' column in the WaPo today is all about how yes, Bush broke the law, but it should be legal anyway!

The status quo in the press is to carry water for the Bush administration and the Republicans. Think of the Froomkin flap as a perfect example. The press are not doing their job and hurting this country. This is another status quo that must be bucked. I'm a little less sure of how to do this one though. Maybe start with Media Matters.

Any ideas?