Kuttner to Democrats: Go West, Young Man

In the upcoming edition of the American Prospect, editor Bob Kuttner makes the case that the path to majority status for the Democratic Party runs through the Mountain West. "The Mountain West has trended - to put it mildly - Republican in recent decades." Kuttner writes. "But its progressive Democratic legacy is being rekindled." He says, "the West helps explode one of the great myths of this political era, of an American electorate hardened into red and blue voting blocs. In fact, there are plenty of independent-minded voters that an astute leader from either party can reach." It's a great piece - give it a read.