It's been four months since the November election -- enough time now to have some perspective on it. Initially I was as concerned about the response to the election by my fellow progressives, as I was to the election result itself. Would despair, defeat, and self-flagellation set in? I understood the sentiment -- I can do self-attacking with the best of them (smile) -- but to my great joy and pleasure, the response has been the opposite. The energy, the passion, the desire to work for real long term social change is quite, well, amazing. As I go around speaking, talking and meeting, the level of commitment to working harder, smarter and better is a sight to behold.