by Bill Scher | Mar 10, 2009 | Blog, Rick Perlstein
EFCA Introduced Today Bloomberg reports Sen. Tom Harkin and Rep. George Miller will introduce the Employee Free Choice Act today and that Dem Sens. Bayh, Bingaman, Landrieu, Lincoln, Nelson (Neb.) and Pryor remain uncommitted. Media Matters: "USA Today, Politico...
by Bill Scher | Feb 3, 2009 | Blog, Rick Perlstein
Before the election, my colleague Rick Perlstein counseled the next president to embrace a big and bold liberal agenda immediately after entering office, in the mold of Presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson, or else the opportunity for real change would be...
by Bill Scher | Dec 15, 2008 | Blog, Rick Perlstein
Progressive Breakfast is the morning roundup of what progressive movement members need to know to start the day. Obama May Invest $1T To Revitalize Economy Following the release of Institute for America's Future $900B, 2-year Main Street Recovery Plan as a "floor, not...
by Sara Robinson | Nov 25, 2008 | Blog, Economy, Minimum Wage, Rick Perlstein
Oh, Lordy. It is that time again. Thursday is Thanksgiving— the official kickoff event of the 2008 holiday season. For a lot of progressives, these festivities also mean that we're about to spend more quality time with our conservative relatives over the next six...
by Sara Robinson | Aug 20, 2008 | Blog, Rick Perlstein
This blog has been covering the shameful collapse of America's infrastructure on almost a weekly basis, so it should come as no surprise to even our most casual readers that the physical structures and systems that support our entire way of life are in serious...
by Sara Robinson | Jun 4, 2008 | Blog, Rick Perlstein
It's over, at long last. The Democrats have a nominee. And now the other hard part begins—the part where Democrats try to patch up the party and try to keep a lot of disappointed Hillary Clinton supporters on board. It's worthwhile to take a moment here and look at...
