The Reality-Based Community

 Passionate wonkery

Ed Kilgore has words of wisdom for us and Mark's correspondent :

Bring on the passionate wonkery, the compelling talking points, the policy debates wrapped in narrative and the needs of "real people!" To a remarkable degree, the Republican ticket is ceding the whole vast ground of America's future agenda to Democrats. Let's use it.

I think that's right. Counter-attack on the bogus GOP character narrative, but keep the high ground on the issues. The GOP is as bankrupt of solutions as Bear Stearns. So all the debate has to be round the watchfires of our hundred circling camps.