Progressives

Can McKinney Really Hurt Obama?

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 07.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Barack Obama, Ralph Nader, Cynthia McKinney, Georgia Congresswoman, Presidential Race, Progressives, Democrats, Green Party, Black Voters, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

At first glance there's no reason to think that she can: she's not Ralph Nader, whose credentials as a consumer crusader were impeccable. But that doesn't mean McKinney can't toss a curve at Obama.

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Pray Yourself Better: It's The American Way!

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Religion, Church, Presidential Race 2008, John Kerry, Progressives, Fisa, Progressivism, Democrats, Barack Obama, Politics News
Allison Kilkenny

Ideological contortionist, Barack Obama, marches toward his personal goal of causing one million progressives' heads to simultaneously explode.

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Obama Will Break Our Hearts -- But Progressives Need to Walk and Chew Gum at the Same Time

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 06.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Congress, Progressive, FISA Bill, Barack Obama Moves Center, Fdr, Progressives, FISA Legislation, FISA Obama, Congress, Obama Fisa Compromise, Progressive Politics, Progressive Movement, Fisa, Barack Obama, Politics News
Miles Mogulescu

We should not give Obama an easy pass on his FISA turnaround, but progressives need to maintain a nuanced view of the relationship between electoral politics and movement building.

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Reminder: Obama Told Us To Judge Him, and Pressure Him

David Sirota | Posted 06.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Civil Liberties, Barack Obama Moves Center, Progressives, Politics News
David Sirota

So by Obama's own admission, when he casts an anti-progressive vote on civil liberties, we shouldn't whip up wild fantasies about him supposedly doing it because he actually is progressive the issue.

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The Obama Problem

Jason Rosenbaum | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democrats, Barack Obama, Progressives, Obama FISA, Obama Supreme Court, Obama Gun Policy, Obama Death Penalty, Fisa, Mike Lux, 2008 Election, Obama Guns, Politics News
Jason Rosenbaum

The harsh reality is, Barack Obama can and will tack towards the center on issues that are important to progressives during the general election.

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McCain Advisor's Terrorism Comment Highlights the Right's Historic Use of Fear: How Progressives Can Overcome It

Robert Creamer | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, War on Terror, Hope, War in Iraq, Progressives, 2008 Presidential Race, 9/11, Fear, Right Wing, Barack Obama, Charles Black, Breaking News, Charlie Black, Charlie Black Terrorist Attack, John McCain Charlie Black, Politics News
Robert Creamer

Fundamentally, the centuries-long battle between Progressives and the right wing has been a struggle between empowerment and domination.

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Ballot Initiatives in 2008: Change Vs. More of the Same

Kristina Wilfore | Posted 06.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Independent Voters, Ballot Initiatives, Election 2008, Voter Turnout, Wedge Issues, Progressives, Right-Wing, Politics News
Kristina Wilfore

In 2008, ballot initiatives could impact races up and down the ballot, including the Presidential campaign. While their value in mobilizing turnout ...

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Why Bobby Rocks A New Generation

Irshad Manji | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Social Justice, Courage, Youth Vote, Youth, Martin Luther King Jr, Conservatives, Bobby Kennedy, Liberals, Progressives, Youth Activism, Justice, Political Correctness, Students, Barack Obama, Robert F. Kennedy, 40th Anniversary Bobby Kennedy Assassination, Politics News
Irshad Manji

I was born after Bobby died, so maybe I'm not supposed to care about him. Truth is, though, my generation has something timely, even urgent, to learn from his advice to the world's youth.

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McCain's Stump Speech for Obama

ZP Heller | Posted 06.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Change, George Lakoff, Barack Obama, John McCain, Progressives, Mccain Change, Obama Change, Politics News
ZP Heller

McCain played right into Obama's hands by devoting his entire speech to countering Obama's message of "change" with his own message of, well, "change."

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The Obama/Progressive Blind Spot That Just Might Hand McCain The White House

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 05.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Senator Kennedy, Wesleyan College, Obama and the Military, Volunteering for Military Service, Mccain, Class and the Military, Progressives, Politics News
Frank Schaeffer

Democrats in general and Senator Obama in particular need to weave a pro-military service message into talks given to nonmilitary, even sometimes antimilitary, audiences so it counts.

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MoveOn: Obama Got Outfoxed

Adam Green | Posted 04.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Daily Kos, Chris Wallace, Republican Mouthpiece, Barack Obama, Progressives, Wright, Progressive Movement, Fox, Race, Dailykos, Media News
Adam Green

Obama did himself, the Democratic Party, and the progressive movement a disservice this weekend. It was a mistake to go on FOX and treat the experience as if it was a real news interview.

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Cruel and Unusual Originalism

Doug Kendall | Posted 04.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Conservative Legal Movement, Baze, Progressives, Eighth Amendment, Originalism, Death Penalty, Justice Scalia, Justice Stevens, Cruel and Unusual, Text and History, Justice Thomas, Politics News
Doug Kendall

Could Alabama bring back the whipping post or brand the skin of a thief with a scarlet T, and not run afoul of the Eighth Amendment's prohibition agai...

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Democrats Should Create a 'U.S. Common Wealth Fund' to Challenge Republican Business Hegemony

Max Keiser | Posted 04.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Diebold, Norway, Singapore, Ma Bell, Caci, Progressives, Soveign Wealth Funds, Att, Kuwait, Haliburton, Titan, Business News
Max Keiser

The problem with the 'left' in America is that they don't want to play the game any more. They refuse to accept the fact that democracy in America ha...

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Party Like It's 1932: The Obama Option

Norman Solomon | Posted 04.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Karl Rove, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Franklin Roosevelt, Flag-Pin Lapels, Barack Obama, Progressives, Politics News
Norman Solomon

Seventy-six years ago, to many ears on the left, Franklin D. Roosevelt sounded way too much like a centrist. True, he was eloquent, and he'd gene...

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Political Masochism: Punishing Ourselves With Republicans

Russ Wellen | Posted 04.18.2008 | Home

Read More: Al Gore, John McCain, Liberals, Economy, Voting Ction, Progressives, Middle Class, Low-Information Voter, Iraq, Democrats, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Price of Gas, Hillary Clinton, Universal Health Care, Republicans, Home Ownership, Health Care, Low-Against Best Interests, Home News
Russ Wellen

What are those of us oblivious to the economy or the war voting on? Gay marriage? Abortion? Lapel pins? Chances are many of us may again vote only to our comfort level, as we did with George Bush.

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Building the Progressive Movement with SNAP

John Riley | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: College Students, Pacs, Youth, Congressional Elections, College, Progressives, Progressive Movement, Fundraising, Students, Politics News
John Riley

Not all PACs deserve a bad name. Here at Yale University, a student run political action committee in its second electoral cycle is actually trying to...

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Dumping Air America's Randi Rhodes Won't Cure Progressives Clinical Hillary Obsession

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 04.04.2008 | Home

Read More: The Nation, Randi Rhodes, Barack Obama, Geraldine Ferraro, Mother Jones, Underground Democrat, Progressives, Air America, Jane Fonda, Guardian, Huffington Post, Hillary Clinton, Dail Kos, Home News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Air America yak jock should not have been suspended. She should have been canned. That will never happen though. After her moment kid slap, she'll be ...

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"Blue America" Blues

Beth Arnold | Posted 03.31.2008 | Home

Read More: John Edwards, American Revolution, Obama's Race Speech, Barack Obama, Progressives, Blue States, Red States, Home News
Beth Arnold

Don't start off thinking you're better or more liberal or more of a Democrat than I am just because you come from a Blue State while I come from a Red State.

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Letting History Be Our Guide

Mike Lux | Posted 03.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: History, Gop, Progressive Era, Yes We Can, 2008, Progressives, New Hampshire, Speech, Hillary Clinton, Republicans, Primary, Poverty, Democrats, 2009, Barack Obama, Politics News
Mike Lux

What Democrats need to do if we win is to cast off the caution and defensiveness of recent decades, and be bold in pushing for the major changes this country needs.

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Easter in Paris

Beth Arnold | Posted 03.23.2008 | Living

Read More: Easter, Paris, Bill Clinton, Video, Progressives, Hillary Clinton, Governor Bill Richardson, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Living News
Beth Arnold

Easter and the beginning of Spring always feel hopeful to me. The new growth of a year buds its baby green, and I feel reborn.

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What Progressives Can Learn from William F. Buckley

Daniel Brook | Posted 02.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: National Review, Conservatives, Progressives, William F. Buckley, Politics News
Daniel Brook

Buckley's political genius was to broaden the debate by contesting the seemingly uncontestable.

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The Progressive Populist Moment

Tom Hayden | Posted 02.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Texas Debate, Hillary Clinton, Progressive Populism, Populism, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Austin Texas Debate, Progressives, Politics News
Tom Hayden

Clinton's performance might re-ignite her campaign, but also could be a memorable farewell, a dignity in defeat, for which she will be well remembered and honored.

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Who Are Red Letter Christians?

Tony Campolo | Posted 02.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Scripture, Progressive Christians, Poverty, Evangelical Christians, Progressives, Red Letter Christians, Evangelicals, Religion, Progressive Evangelicals, Jim Wallis, Jesus Christ, Christmas, Jesus, Religious Right, Christianity, Religion and Politics, Faith, Spirituality, Politics News
Tony Campolo

We are trying to create a new movement that seeks to make faithfulness to Biblical Christianity an imperative for progressive politics.

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Is the Word "Conservative" Going the Way of the Word "Liberal?"

Matt Littman | Posted 02.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Ronald Reagan, Rush Limbaugh, Liberals, Ann Coulter, Progressives, Hillary Clinton, Constitution, Barack Obama, Politics News
Matt Littman

Conservatism, if it wants to return, will have to enter a political rehabilitation program and emerge with a new identity. It won't look to Ronald Reagan for answers, if it is smart, but to Teddy Roosevelt.

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Sam Stein

Clinton Accepts Fox News Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Roger Ailes, Democratic Primary, Debate, Barack Obama, Clinton, Progressives, Fox News, Hillary Clinton, Obama, Campaign, 2008 Election, Politics News

Risking the ire of progressive activists, Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign announced that it has accepted a debate to air on Fox News on February 11, a...

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