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A Progressive Prescription for the Post-Election Hangover

by | Nov 4, 2010 | Blog

As you’ve no doubt noticed, election day was brutal for Congressional Democrats--especially in the House, where it appears we’ll lose roughly 60 seats and the majority. Now that most of us have uncurled ourselves from fetal position, there are a few things to note as...

The Hangover

by | Nov 3, 2010 | Blog

God I hate morning afters. But they are inevitable (if you're lucky) As far as I can tell in reading the various postmortems there are two overriding lessons. The first is that it's the economy (stupid). At nearly 10% unemployment, a foreclosure scandal of epic...

Compromise Or Obstruction Mr Boehner

by | Nov 3, 2010 | Blog

In the wake of what he described as a shellacking, President Obama repeatedly detailed his willingness to sit down with Republicans, share ideas, find areas of agreement, compromise. But the press didn't mention the elephant in the room -- so to speak. There is little...

After the Election Disaster

by | Nov 3, 2010 | Blog

Now what? We need to build a grassroots progressive movement -- wide, deep and strong enough to fight the right and challenge the corporate center of the Democratic Party. The stakes are too high and crises too extreme to accept “moderate” accommodation to unending...

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