"The Nexus of Change"

Sara Robinson has a really illuminating and well-written reflection on generations, identity-politics and the Democratic primary up over at OpenLeft.

Here's a taste:

The real conflict that defined the choice between Hillary and Obama wasn't about melanin content or X chromosome status. It was about a generational hand-off of power -- a demographic shift that Obama saw coming, and Hillary did not. - Sara Robinson, OpenLeft

For an excellent precis of politics and change on the current stage,

Go. Read.