[UPDATE: Oops! Below are three links that I would like to address if I actually get around to writing a post with this title. Note to self: do not confuse “save draft” with “publish.”]
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/plum-line/2010/11/liberals_and_centrists_battle.html
http://www.progressivefix.com/how-to-win-back-the-%E2%80%9Cindependents%E2%80%9D
http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/2010/11/the-limits-of-ideological-self-identification/