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Election Message: The Progressive Base Needs a Jolt
What do last night's election results tell us about the electorate? Some numbers from New Jersey, Virginia and Maine. In 2008, Sen. John McCain lost the presidential race in NJ after garnering 1,613,207 votes. In 2009, Chris Christie won the governor's race with...
Progressive Breakfast - 11/4/2009
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 Chamber of Commerce (the real one) moves towards supporting Kerry-Graham climate compromise....
Wall Street's War Against the Real Economy & We, the People
At a meeting with bloggers before last week's Building The New Economy conference, AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka talked about how we have developed two economies, one real and one financial. As he said, originally the financial sector was designed to support the real...
One Year After Election Day 2008: Still A Center-Left Nation
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. For example, poll analysis from the Wall Street Journal's John McKinnon implies that declining...
Make Them Afraid Of Wall Street's Money
Progressive Breakfast - 11/3/2009
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. Sen. Boxer to proceed with climate bill markup today despite Republican delay tactics, after offering...
Blowing in the Wind: Aggressive Steps Needed for Clean Energy Manufacturing
On Friday, the Wall Street Journal trumpeted the news that a Chinese firm will be the exclusive supplier to one of the largest wind-farm developments in the U.S. and that the developer of the project would be seeking U.S. taxpayer assistance. The 36,000-acre West...
Corporate Money In Elections -- What To Expect
The Supreme Court may decide as soon as tomorrow on the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission case involving a corporate-funded anti-Hillary smear ad. It is likely the conservative-dominated activist court will overturn precedent and rule in favor of removing...
Progressive Breakfast - 11/2/2009
The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day Health Care Advancing, Bit By Bit NYT offers optimistic update on health care legislation: "... President Obama’s arms-length strategy on health care appears to...
A Rich University's Mad Dash to Get Richer
Investing recklessness at Harvard is making 'the best and the brightest' look awfully silly — almost as silly as a nation that lets staggering quantities of wealth continue to concentrate. Wild chases after vast riches, last fall’s global meltdown reminded...
