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Hope, Change and The Long Road: One Year Later

Bob Cesca | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Change, Wingnuts, Obama Change, Hope, Obama Success, Election Day, Progressives, President Obama, Dadt, Health Care Reform, Obama Administration, Progressive Movement, Glenn Beck, One Year Later, Politics News
Bob Cesca

It's been exactly one year since Barack Obama was elected, and it's becoming increasingly clear that the president hasn't fixed the whole world yet. Then again, he never promised such a thing.

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One Year After Obama's Victory: We Are in the Opening Months of a New Progressive Era

Robert Creamer | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Financial Regulatory Reform, Clean Energy Jobs, Immigration Reform, November 4, Public Option, 2008, Health Care Reform, Progressive Movement, Global Warming, Barack Obama, Health Insurance Reform, One Year Later, Politics News
Robert Creamer

As I watched Obama's victory speech a year ago, I thought that America was on the brink of a new progressive era. I believe that just as strongly one year later, as well as in the slogan, "Yes We Can."

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In the Midst of All This

Mike Lux | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, LGBT Movement, No on 1 Maine, Progressive Movement, One Kalamazoo, Referendum 71, 2009, Politics News
Mike Lux

Since we're progressives, we know how to multi-task. So let's keep our eye on the ball for health care, and remember to take a second to pitch in for the LGBT movement.

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Reclaiming "We"

Terrance Heath | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Working Class Whites, Birthers, Teabaggers, Poverty, The South, Southern Whites, Income Inequality, Uninsured-Rate, Economy, Progressives, Globalization, Jobs, Progressive Movement, Race, Jobless Rate, Unemployment, Uninsured, Southern States, Health Care Reform, Southerners, Healthcare Reform, Health Care, Politics News
Terrance Heath

When it comes to health care reform, the states most likely to benefit -- because they have the highest percentages of uninsured citizens -- are the source of the loudest objections to reform.

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We All Sink or Swim Together

Mike Lux | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: LGBT Movement, Conservative Movement, Progressive Movement, Ballot Initiative, Maine Marriage Equality 2009, Marriage Equality, No on 1, Politics News
Mike Lux

Conservatives understand that a headline the day after the Maine initiative about them succeeding at rolling back the gay marriage bill helps them build momentum, and helps deflate and discourage progressives.

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A New Social Movement

Jay Mandle | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Social Justice, Progressive Movement, Activism, Campaign Finance, FECA, Center for Responsive Politics, BCRA, Barack Obama, Campaign Finance Reform, Politics News
Jay Mandle

Progressives have typically avoided addressing the way the electoral system is financed. They have concentrated on the outcome of politics, but not on the political process.

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The American Left Does Not Exist - Or at Least Not in the Way It Seems

David Sirota | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Progressive Movement, Democratic Party, Leftwing, American Left, Politics News
David Sirota

The two standards -- freak out on Republicans when they do something awful, say nothing about Democrats when they do the same thing -- is the canary in the coal mine.

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Combating the Disease of Progressive Cynicism

Robert Creamer | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Immigration Reform, President Obama, Public Option, Rahm Emanuel, Regulatory Reform, Dick Durbin, Nancy Pelosi, Health Care Reform, Harry Reid, Clean Energy, Progressive Movement, Labor Law Reform, Financial Sector Reform, Health Insurance Reform, Jim Messina, Health Care, Politics News
Robert Creamer

One thing I know for sure. If progressives constantly pronounce the public option dead -- it will be. The cynics will create a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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Triggering a Democratic Civil War

Mike Lux | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Howard Dean, Progressive Movement, Public Option, Democratic Party, Progressive Blogopshere, Dfa, Olympia Snowe, Politics News
Mike Lux

By winning Olympia Snowe over on health care, the White House is risking something far more politically dangerous: an ugly fight within the Democratic Party and further erosion of Obama's standing with his base.

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The Rare Political Party That Is a Movement

David Sirota | Posted 09.23.2009 | New York

Read More: Working Families Party, Rockefeller Drug Laws, New York, Political Parties, Openleft, Firedoglake, Liberals, Connecticut, Act Blue, Progressive Movement, Democrats, Democracy Alliance, New York News
David Sirota

Despite flying under the radar, the Working Families Party is perhaps today's most encouraging model for achieving progressive results over the long haul.

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Where Is That Online-Powered "Movement" Now?

Chris Hughes | Posted 09.21.2009 | Technology

Read More: Youtube, 2008 Campaign, Progressive Movement, Facebook, Barack Obama, Chris Hughes, Ofa, Dnc, Mybo, Organizing for America, Technology News
Chris Hughes

What went hand in hand with the technology that helped elect Barack Obama was a resolute and unyielding focus on good-old-fashioned political organizing. What's missing now is the organizing leadership.

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Hope in Real Life

Rhoades Alderson | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cynicism, Progressive Movement, Hope, Health Care, Providence, Barack Obama, Progressives, Politics News
Rhoades Alderson

The president's most recent August swoon reminds us that this moment is the first real test of Obama's "hope" in the nitty-gritty of getting big things done in Washington.

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A Party Is Not a Movement

David Sirota | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congress, MoveOn.Org, Barack Obama, Health Care Reform, Progressive Movement, Democrats, 2008 Election, Afghanistan War, Campaign Finance, Politics News
David Sirota

Though the 2006 and 2008 elections were billed as progressive movement successes, the story behind them highlights a longer-term failure.

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The Myths of the Battle of Health Care Reform

Mike Lux | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politico, Health Care Reform, Progressive Movement, Public Option, 2009 Obama Administration, Ceci Connolly, Politics News
Mike Lux

The traditional media has talked itself into believing certain things about the fight over health care reform, whether there is any serious evidence beyond their own self-reinforcing stories or not.

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Hope 2.0: Standing With Obama Over the Long Haul

Mark Klempner | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Cabinet, Liberal Media, Heathcare Reform, Radical Middle, Progressive Values, Progressive Agenda, Social Security, Economic Crisis, President Obama, Obama Administration, Obama, Progressive Politics, Progressive Movement, Obama Economy, Barack Obama, Radical Center, Barack Obama 2008, Liberal Blogosphere, Obama Change, Harper's Magazine, Financial Meltdown, Financial Crisis, Medicare, Bipartisanship, Radical Centrism, Obama Liberal, Progressive Media, Elitism, Politics News
Mark Klempner

It's not that I object to critical thinking. We need it. Yet, while we're reminding Obama of his promises and scrutinizing him on his decisions, we need to stand with him.

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The Constant Challenge of Creating an Effective Left Flank

Mike Lux | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, 2009 Obama Administration, Progressive Movement, American History, Politics News
Mike Lux

Progressives and the White House need each other to get anything big and important done. It's how big change happens in this country.

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Obama, Progressives, and the Question of a Successful Presidency

Mike Lux | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Presidential Elections, Progressive Movement, 2009 Obama Administration, Barack Obama, Politics News
Mike Lux

The key to Obama's success at this fundamentally critical juncture is whether the President can get his base excited about him again so that they are actively engaged in fighting by his side on the tough battles ahead.

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Progressive Friendly Fire

Rhoades Alderson | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Derrick Jensen, Craig Brown, Progressive Politics, Obama Progressives, Progressive Movement, Progressives, commondreams.org, Politics News
Rhoades Alderson

Some progressive groups are calling for a confrontation with Obama. While we should always strive for better, we can't let the perfect eclipse what in reality is extraordinarily good.

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Why Working Families Back Thompson

Dan Cantor | Posted 08.23.2009 | New York

Read More: Bill Thompson, Progressive Movement, Working Families Party, NYC Comptroller, Mayor Bloomberg, New York City, Nyc Mayor, New York News
Dan Cantor

At the Working Families Forum I asked the Mayor if his profuse campaign spending distorts democracy. His answer? "Rich people don't always win."

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How Progressives Can Deliver on the Promise of Change in 2009 -- Seven Rules for Success

Robert Creamer | Posted 08.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Immigration Reform, President Obama, Employee Free Choice Act, Speaker Pelosi, Regulatory Reform, The Progressive Revolution, Breaking News, Energy Independence, Health Care Reform, Progressive Movement, No Ordinary Time, Majority Leader Reid, Progressive Agenda, Stand Up Straight How Progressives Can Win, Politics News
Robert Creamer

The critical battles being fought in 2009 are not about "policies" -- they are about the distribution of wealth and power.

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Conservatives (Re)acting Badly

Mike Lux | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abraham Lincoln, 4th of July, History, Thomas Paine, Conservatism, Progressive Movement, The Progressive Revolution, Gettysburg Address, Politics News
Mike Lux

What bothers these conservatives so much is the idea that progressive values are at the heart of the American ideal.

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Progressives Take Back the Flag

Peter Dreier | Posted 08.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pledge of Allegiance, Patriotism, Independence Day, Progressives, American Flag, Progressive Movement, Woody Guthrie, Fourth of July, Bruce Springsteen, Politics News
Peter Dreier

Most Americans are unaware that much of our patriotic culture was created by people with decidedly progressive sympathies.

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Obama's Agenda: Hope, Change and Lobby-Centricity

Stuart Whatley | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Cabinet, House of Representatives, Cap and Trade, Democratic Congress, Congress, Capitol Hill, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Progressives, President Obama, Obama Administration, Obama, Progressive Movement, Democrats, Banking Industry, Cramdown, Barack Obama, Lobbyist, Obama White House, Senate, Cap-and-Trade, David Brooks, Health Care Reform, Special Interests, K Street, Health Care, Obama Lobbyists, Politics News
Stuart Whatley

Obama's self-imposed rule against lobbyists in his administration, and the method whereby he is now implementing his progressive agenda, hews toward a rather perverse irony, if not hypocrisy.

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Why I'm Not Freaked Out About the Waxman-Markey Bill

David Roberts | Posted 07.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Gas Prices, States, Progressive Movement, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Cleantech, Todd Stern, Barack Obama, Steven Chu, Carol Browner, John Holdren, Fossil Fuels, Waxman-Markey, Aces, Hillary Clinton, Lisa Jackson, Nancy Sutley, Green News
David Roberts

There is no reason to think that this bill is going to be Obama's only legacy on energy. Already there's been the stimulus bill, the new mileage standards and the big climate impacts report.

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The Political Stakes in the Battle for Health Care

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Change, Gay Rights, President Obama, Guantanamo, Progressives, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Progressive Movement, Insurance Companies, President Clinton, Ama, Health Care, Barack Obama, Gay Marriage, Foreign Policy, Politics News
Lincoln Mitchell

A victory on health care would reinvigorate the progressive movement that elected Obama, and secure the president's place as one of America's great presidents.

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