As a proud "old school" democrat with modern progressive sensibilities, I have come to realize that we were so satisfied by "a conversation" about these issues you describe, we went knocking doors not fully understanding that's all we were getting.

Ed has lent a voice, his voice, to these issues. But short of the LGBT rights issues, he has failed at implementing policy or building bridges to implement actual change.

As a Progressive, I am now incredibly embarrassed to have been involved in his Ward 2 campaign. Swinton made me squirm. But it is hard to imagine worse than this. This is about him. It not about us. It is not about our issues.

It is about Ed.