R.I.P.

6 years ago yesterday, Senator Paul Wellstone was killed in a plane crash. As the self-proclaimed "Democratic wing of the Democratic Party" he was one of my heroes. An unrepentant and unwavering voice of progressive politics and policies he was often a lonely voice in the wilderness. But today his legacy lives on. I wish he were here to see Obama win and the resurgence of the Democratic party and hopefully a resurgence of progressivism.