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Thank you. I saw this post on my way out the door to work, and out of all the things I read this morning, this gave me the most hope. This country will change; the Republican Party is winning on the backs of short-lived hot-button issues (stem-cell research, "gay" marriage, etc.), and opinions on those issues are slowly but surely changing in our favor. We've done so much to mobilize and energize progressive people; now we need to consolidate all that energy into a structured, powerful movement. We will win.