April Rosenblum had a great newsletter on this: "Voting like a Radical". Key points: 1. All candidates, once elected, become our opponents 2. We vote for the enemy we’re best suited to fight 3. We protect our real source of power: The ability to organize & protest

LBJ passed landmark civil rights bills due to successful public pressure. He was not a progressive firebrand, he just bent to progressive demands.

I love this.

This gelled it for me.