"Politicians [...] respond to the people who vote for them, not to the people who ignore them."

Michael Ian Black articulates an argument I've been trying to make for years.

Seriously, please read this -- especially if you consider yourself 'too liberal' for the democratic party, and especially especially if we've argued about that before. His post summarizes my stance so perfectly that I want to print it out and carry around copies with me in my purse.

My long standing crush on MIB is experiencing exponential growth.