I'm sitting here in Hawaii in my shorts and flip flops...

...and all I can think about is how the rovian empire is cracking and "we" don't seem to have exciting leaders to take them down. Then I see this post. Now what? Here's your free pupu (Hawaiin for appetizer):

"The need for leaders to carry the message of liberals in this country has reached its pinnacle, but who those leaders will be is yet to be determined. There is a democracy of ideas that is growing on the net with so many lefty bloggers putting out new ideas and the readers of the blogs who give right back. It is a marketplace that is growing every day and the products being sold are hope, ideas and an opportunity to have your opinion heard. It can’t be long before some smart upstart is able to capitalize on the vitality and passion that is ripe for the picking and free to whomever chooses to harvest the best ideas and whittle them down into a cohesive platform with populist appeal."

-from my new best-friend Seattle blogger, the (liberal) Girl Next Door.