Five Progs

Following the disastrous Tea Party Congress is an stressful exercise in and of itself. This bunch is responsible for more Pepto Bismol consumption than any three year old frozen pepperoni pizza reheated and consumed in one sitting. The Tea Party is nothing more than the most conservative and financially elite political entity out there. The Tea Party uses their low information followers as nothing more than political cannon fodder buffering their real intent from the world with Paul Revere costumes and platitudes about democracy.

I think the progressives have a chance in 2012 because seriously now we need some political relief and I think many get it.

AlterNet: 5 Progressive Candidates To Watch As the 2012 Campaign Heats Up

4. John Waltz - “I want to introduce you to Democrat John Waltz, a movement progressive, who's taking on cartoonish plutocrat, Fred Upton, the Whirlpool heir who has always treated the district as though it were a feudal fiefdom. Upton, by inheritance one of the richest members of the House, was appointed to the SuperCommittee by his crony John Boehner because Republicans know he will never agree to anything sensible that can in any way help dig the middle class out of the economic mess the modern day Robber Barons, in their unparalleled greed, have created for the rest of us.”