Democrats must move left RE "WHERE DO Democrats go next?" op-ed column by Sen. Birch Bayh, Nov. 7: Bayh got one thing right when he said, "... we Bayh's conclusion that moderates automatically affiliate with conservative values does not add up. On specific issues like job creation and unemployment benefits, gay rights, immigration reform, health care for the 50 million uninsured, and consumer, financial and environmental protection, moderates agree much more with progressive populists than conservatives.
Sort through the posturing To the editor -- Ah, the political season begins, the sound bites and back biting, the half truths and twisted truths. Local, state and national races, Democratic liberals, Republican conservatives or progressive globalist they are in the end all the same.
The GOP blocks effective government There is an old saying that conservatives think government doesn't work and, when elected, they make sure it doesn't. I'm a progressive and have enjoyed many spirited conversations with conservatives over the years. However, the modern GOP has gone to some dark place that defies logic and policy.
[...] the authors detail the online activities used by the progressive netroots movement (the grassroots of the virtual world). [...] the authors discuss how online activists struggled to be accepted by professional campaign staffs. [...] is there something inherently progressive about the Internet, or can conservatives use it just as effectively as progressives? A third question, of course, left unanswered by this book, which concludes before the 2008 campaign truly got under way, is the netroots movement's role in the Obama and McCain campaigns.
O'Reilly right about American attitudes In his Oct. 2 column, Bill O'Reilly was right; "... most Americans don't care about progressive ideas ..." and progressive values. Thank God that we have conservatives such as Bill O'Reilly and Glenn Beck who point out the horrors of social progress.
This is the winter of everyone's discontent. The left is angry about the demise of a sweeping overhaul of health care. The right is angry about the growth of Washington's power. Democrats are angry at Republican intransigence. Republicans are angry at Democratic arrogance. Liberals think Barack Obama has left his progressive moorings. Conservatives think the president is a closet Communist. This dyspepsia rumbles within the parties, too. The Democrats are divided between purists and pragmatists. The Republicans are divided between regulars and rebels.
MSNBC suspended Keith Olbermann for two days because, without permission from the network, the liberal commentator donated $2,400 to three progressive candidates. That was a violation of company policy. Conservatives may now contend that Olbermann's donations provide hard evidence of a teeming preference for biased reporting that pervades MSNBC and every other news organization, except Fox News.
A quiet revolution is stirring in the country, and Taos County is an important reflection of this grassroots resurgence that is bringing together old-line Democrats and new Progressives. In just a few short weeks, what looked like a familiar, but bumpy road of political in-fighting in Taos turned into a free-flowing highway. This new brand of Democrat may spell trouble for candidates who still rely on old-style party politics that may be obsolete. Former Taos County Central Committee Chairman Billy Knight's success in bringing 65 percent of the county's registered Democrats to polls in the November 2005 election re-ignited the interest of old-line, "padrone" Democrats and energized the new Progressives who are more focused on national issues, such as the war in Iraq and health care. Whe...
WASHINGTON, May 17 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Institute for America's Future today unveiled an enhanced TomPaine.com website that provides a one-stop center for progressive analysis and actions on the Web. The new website transforms the award-winning TomPaine.com Internet journal into a hub for people interested in cutting-edge progressive issues. The Institute for America's Future and TomPaine.com recently merged to create a powerful progressive center in Washington. Progressives are pulling together to counter the right-wing machine that now dominates Washington," said Institute for America's Future President Robert Borosage. "The new TomPaine.com website will help Americans learn that another way is possible.
Canada's federal election on Jun 2, 1997, is contrasted with residence in Canada from 1964-1981. The earlier period's even distribution of Liberals, Progressive Conservatives, and New Democrats and strong anti-American feeling is described, while the later shift in dominant political factions and saturation with American culture is discussed. English Canada's greatest challenge is to keep Quebec from seceding.
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