Hughtim at Catholics for Democracy is involved in an effort to hold Catholic politicians accountable for all Catholic teachings. I believe this is a non-partisan effort. Here's the link:

Catholics for Democracy Petition

Catholics for Democracy is non-partisan. They endorsed Kerry this time and even though it evolved from Catholics for Dean, they are not an inherently Democratic group. The effort is laudable. I commend them for reaching across the aisle. So if you are interested in transcending partisan politics, you should give them a shot.

Of course, inherent in a Catholics for Kerry campaign is partisanship, which is also necessary in the broader picture. I, as many others, will remain dedicatedly partisan in helping build a winning coalition in the Democratic party and who knows, perhaps we can get Kerry to run again in 2008.

Around liberal blogdom, the grief is clearly over and the soul-searching is close to being done. There were many silver linings in this election that displayed the strength of our grassroots movments. For instance, we gave Tom Delay a scare to the extent that he could only get 55% of the vote against an unknown. We also gave Musgrave, the gay marraige ammendment initiator a major scare.

For the Democratic Party base, we are building something solid across the board and like Kerry says, "We've only just begun to fight."