How to judge performance of Democrats in the House of Representatives?

Some great analysis from Nate Silver.

What Needs to Be Done to Make Progressive Change

How do progressives accomplish change? Not by looking for politician saviors, that's for sure.

Anyone with limited resources who wants to make changes for the good would do best to conserve them for use only on efforts such as those advocated in the article. As I'm tempted to simply give $ to favored political candidates, I am highlighting this here as a reminder to me that campaign donations are not very effective at making progressive change.