Nation Editor Katrina vanden Heuvel appears on GritTV and makes the case that “Change won’t come easy.” A year into the Obama administration, once-enthusiastic progressives are feeling dispirited and demoralized. Yet, the Obama administration continues to champion caution and compromise. “Most surprising has been the reluctance to engage the Right boldly in the war of ideas,” she says. Instead, change must come from a mobilized Democratic base that doesn’t get blindsided by “backroom deals.” “Can we summon up the will and the majorities needed to meet the critical challenges we face?” she asks. “Or we will sit it out, angered and demoralized?”

—Clarissa León

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