The 2010 midterm election cycle is in full swing, with right-wing pundits predicting a Congressional turnover just as sweeping as the Gingrich revolution of 1994, while the left is mostly hoping a loss of seats won't damage Obama's presidency as badly as the GOP's triumph did Bill Clinton's. So what should grassroots activists and candidates do? Consultants have made campaigns seem like rocket science, but they aren't. The basic formula is "50 percent + 1 = power," but there are a lot of ways to reach that goal. Malia Lazu, Mel King Community Fellow at MIT, has come up with ten things progressives can do to build a campaign for candidates who deserve to win.

Some genuinely good advice in this article, especially the bit about "making precinct captains [booth captains] sexy again".