In his commentary today, Marshall Wittman says: "Organization is fine - ideas and message are far superior."

Lest there be any doubt, I entirely agree. It is simply that I think the two work in tandem and each galvanizes and augments the other.

There's a lot of talking to done about this, haggling, gnashing of teeth, some shouting too. The point of my earlier discussion wasn't stand-pat-ism. Improvement is always possible and necessary. And Democrats are still recovering from various social and political developments stretching from the 1960s straight through to the 1990s. It is, simply, also important to distinguish between the present moment and 1984 or 1972, though many would like to portray this in those terms.

Needless to say, we'll talk much more about this.