The point is that the person I was responding to is jumping up and down saying “See? See? Voting works and all you people who didn’t vote for Romney suck!”
You're perfectly correct that we should not be relaxing from here on out. But above is the incorrect part, just by definition: We poured the foundation in a bunch of places. Can't do anything without that, so it is indeed an accomplishment. Workmen are standing there, getting their breath and cleaning up. It needs to be recognized and celebrated. Of course, the houses still need to be built. Good to mention that, especially with strategy notes to put on a calendar—I'd be very interested in those myself.
There is indeed a chorus of those on FR—and I'm not necessarily tarring you with this—whose main contribution is to say, "Don't get your hopes up!" and they leave it at that, other than to point out all the folks they won't be voting for on one principle or the other. Which I may agree with in particular cases. But that's not the point.
Whoever is spending a lot of energy trying to keep folks' hopes down and cussing failed candidates of the past, doesn't have a plan. We need a plan and persistent, spirited follow-up on the part of as many of us as possible, or we won't have the sweeping, long-lasting changes we need. We need more officers and fewer grousing privates. Honi soit qui mal y pense. Loosely translated: "If the shoe fits . . ."