Barack Obama Progressives

How Obama can bridge the divide between activists and the Democratic establishment by delivering real change will be one of the defining stories of the Obama presidency.

As a multi-cultural, African-American, son of an immigrant, and as the personification of hope for an idealistic young generation, if Obama fails, it hurts progressive hopes for decades.

First President Obama wasn't "black enough" for the black left. Then he was "too centrist" in his appointments for the white left. Then he wasn't gay friendly enough. Now he is President.

So long as Obama remains committed to longstanding progressive objectives, it makes sense to assume that the strategy and rhetoric that helped him achieve his political triumph is worth continuing.

Interview done on the Rob Kall Radio Show, live, on WNJC 1360 AM, December 10. 2008 To hear the interview, click this link (good until Jan 10): Con...

Calling Darling-Hammond a defender of the status quo is like calling Lincoln a defender of slavery because he wasn't as absolute in opposition as were some on his team of rivals.

If Republicans want to doubt what theoretically happened on November 4, that's their right. But it doesn't change the reality.

My problem isn't that Obama doesn't always agree with me. My problem is that he has started to not always agree with himself -- falling prey instead to the Conventional Wisdom sirens.

Playing it safe will not win this election; the country is not merely ready for "change"; it is ready for real reform -- the word that Obama used over and over in last year's New Hampshire speech.

Given Senator Barack Obama's recent comments about Gore and Kerry, trial lawyers and others, he has aroused the wrath of the liberal blogosphere. Dai...

When Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) was seeking state office a dozen years ago, he took unabashedly liberal positions: flatly opposed to capital punishmen...