Hans Johnson has an excellent article in In These Times this week (Read the whole article here). He writes:

"Democrats are winning, often overwhelmingly, in districts and states that have backed Republicans in recent elections. The results show that state-level progressive candidates are better poised than at any time in the past 14 years to benefit from a defection of moderate conservatives and a slight left turn in the electorate."

Hans documents an impressive line up of recent Democratic special election wins, often in areas that were previously though as strong GOP territory. It is further evidence that the DNC 50 State Strategy makes sense.

For those who don't know Hans, he is a board member of The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, and has served as chief consultant to the Gill Foundation's Democracy Project.