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Rush and Newt Are Winning
June 4th, 2009
A media environment that tilts to the right is obscuring what President Obama stands for and closing off political options that should be part of the public discussion. This was brought home at this week’s America's Future Now! conference.
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Obama Shows His Progressive Spine
In a plain-spoken, at times tough, and masterful address to a joint session of congress, President Obama spoke in pragmatic and moral terms about the importance of health care reform as a test of our nation's character. The speech still had a bipartisan flavor, but with a progressive spine.... more »
The Explosive Growth Of The Progressive Movement
By Bill Scher
August 26th, 2008
The immense amount of progressive activity outside the convention hall, compared to 2004, shows how far the movement has traveled. (Plus, interviews with Arianna Huffington and more.)... more »
We Have The Hope. Now Where's The Audacity?
Originally published by Peter Dreier and Marshal in The Washington Post.
more »The Case
Progressives Have A Mandate To Govern
In hotly contested 2008 congressional races on November 4, 2008, the Democratic winners were—overwhelmingly—real progressives who campaigned and won on progressive platforms. Voters didn’t just elect Democrats, they elected progressives. more »
More Prisoners Does Not Mean Less Crime
It's not that simple. A 2005 report by The Sentencing Project noted that while increased incarceration rates were accompanied by a decrease in crime between 1991 and 1998, crime rates had increased between 1984 and 1991, a period in which the rate of incarceration was even higher. The director of the Pew Center on the States recently wrote, "Rigorous studies show that increased imprisonment can claim credit for only 25 percent of the nation's crime drop over the past 15 years. The other 75 percent comes from a wide variety of factors, inside and outside the criminal justice system." Those factors include support for improved policing and community crime prevention programs—federal support for which was cut by the Bush administration. We already lock up a larger percentage of our population than any other country in the world. We need to invest more in the programs and techniques that we know prevent crime and lead to healthier communities.more »
The Facts
NETROOTS: HEALTH CARE TOP PRIORITY, SESTAK OVER SPECTER FOR SENATE
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The News
Poll Shows Democrats Lead On Issues
September 4th, 2009
White House To Shift Efforts On Civil Rights
September 1st, 2009
The Case
It's Not About What Congress Does, But What It Delivers
When most voters believe their lives are getting better, then the party in power will benefit politically. Ideological abstractions about the size of government or appealing to the base don't matter quite as much. It really is about delivering the goods. The smart post-election political argument for a governing party should be about what policies they can pass that will improve people's lives, not about how to appeal to voters on a more abstract level.more »
Relax, Democrats
To hear Republicans tell it, Tuesday’s elections, in which their candidates captured the governorships of Virginia and New Jersey, were a repudiation of President Obama and indicated a voter shift toward their party. They should calm themselves down. The results don’t show this and, in fact, suggest some rather daunting challenges for the Republicans.more »
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nov
6
2009
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The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day.
BREAKING NEWS: Unemployment Breaks 10%, Though Pace of Job Loss Continues To Slow. more »
nov
5
2009
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Well, son, I'll tell you:
Life for me ain't been no crystal stair.
It's had tacks in it,
And splinters,
And boards torn up,
And places with no carpet on the floor --
Bare.
But all the time
I'se been a-climbin' on,
And reachin' landin's,
And turnin' corners...
—Langston Hughes
nov
5
2009
9:39 am
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The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day.
Boxer Blows Past Boycott, As Tripartisan Trio Works With WH more »
nov
4
2009
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What do last night's election results tell us about the electorate? Some numbers from New Jersey, Virginia and Maine. more »
nov
4
2009
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The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day
Kerry-Graham Climate Talks Advance Despite GOP Cmte Boycott more »
nov
3
2009
3:08 pm
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So all day long I'm hearing the gasbags blather on about how this lame, off year election is a referendum on liberalism and Obama and things are looking grim, grim, grim.
The Democratic blue dogs have it all figured out:
"It looks as though the anger that has been boiling up the last couple of months is going to lead to a pretty high turnout from Republicans and from people who are concerned about increased spending," Altmire said Monday evening during an appearance on Fox Business Network.
"And I do think that if the results show Republicans have a pretty good night, that probably is going to lead some Democrats to think that, going into next year, we need to take a second look at the way that we've done a lot of bills we've addressed up to this point," the Pennsylvania congressman added.
Oh, Golly let's hope this radical eight month experiment in slightly less corporate conservative governance has run its course and we can get back to tax cutting, deregulating and bloodletting, which is what the government does best.
more »nov
3
2009
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Today's CNN poll, assessing President Obama one year after election day, confirms that America remains a center-left nation. Yet don't expect pundits to tell you that. more »
nov
3
2009
10:17 am
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The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day
GOP Boycotts Today's Climate Bill Mark-up. No One Cares. more »
