In America, we are living in a country where the deep economic problems have not been solved and arguably, in many cases, haven't been addressed.

The reality of politics is, if Trump is the president tonight, every progressive group in America will be able to mobilize in a way tomorrow that they may not necessarily have been able to mobilize yesterday.

Most often the electorate votes for change.

However, white male privilege means white men are not collectively denigrated/targeted for those shootings - even though most come at the hands of white dudes.

Let's hope the Boston Marathon bomber is a white American.

Typically in politics it is easier for the left to mobilize against a Republican president than it is to mobilize against a Democratic president, even in the cases when the Republican president or Democratic president are pushing the same exact thing.

In America, we are living in a country where the deep economic problems have not been solved and arguably, in many cases, haven't been addressed.