by Bill Scher | Aug 28, 2008 | Blog
Outside the DNC, Steve Clemons of the New America Foundation and The Washington Note moderated a foreign policy discussion provocatively titled, "Will the Next President Make the Middle East Irrelevant?" The event brought together an impressive array of speakers:...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 27, 2008 | Blog
There they were, billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens, Sierra Club executive director Carl Pope and Center for American Progress president John Podesta on the same stage at The Big Tent in Denver on Wednesday, in near-perfect harmony. Something’s wrong here. And indeed...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 27, 2008 | Blog
Paul Krugman, the columnist for The New York Times, told me in an interview here in Denver that getting a universal health care plan enacted will be one of he most important keys to creating a progressive moment on a whole host of issues. His reasoning is this: “If...
by Bill Scher | Aug 27, 2008 | Blog
In my interview with William McNary, president of USAction, he instructs us to ask ourselves, do we want "progressive change, small change or chump change?" And, he lays out a comprehensive progressive vision for a "Next New Deal" that invests in people, from day care...
by Sara Robinson | Aug 26, 2008 | Blog
This was the Campaign for America's Future's Big Afternoon at the Big Tent. CAF took over the Digg Stage (the entire upstairs floor of The Big Tent) for a series of four panels addressing some of the Big Questions we wrestle with here. One of the highlights for me was...
by Bill Scher | Aug 26, 2008 | Blog
Following his Take Back America panel discussion, I caught up with MoveOn.org's Eli Pariser to find out what he believes progressives should be doing between now and November, to build the mandate for change.