The Democratic Party will either wake up to its true historic purpose for existing, or it will wither. We will either return this Party to its roots in defending and respecting and securing the rights of working people or it will wither. We will either seize this moment to restore the legacy of FDR and Kennedy and MLK, or this party will wither. If the passion and commitment and sacrifice of the working class and middle class of this country is not funneled into the spine and the soul of the Democratic Party, then there will not be a middle class in this country. The Republican Party has chosen this moment to try and reach long-desired goals of union-busting and Democratic Party crushing, and if we don’t see it as the launching of class warfare then we will never realize it. If we don't out organize, out work, out fundraise, out march, out mobilize, out picket, out EFFORT the Tea Party/Wall Street warriors, I'm truly afraid we will never have the chance to do it again.
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