... Democrats facing such electoral difficulties?  It is hard to figure out how this is much of a negative for progressives: The House currently has a non-progressive majority. According to Progressive Punch, 227 members of ...  This greater influence is needed since, of the 50 Democrats who vote with progressives less than 50.00% of the time or less, 41 of them were first elected in 2004 or ...

... to increase the number of American troops deployed to Afghanistan. But Progressives must not lose sight of the fact, that though we may disagree with this particular decision, President Obama ... Afghanistan completely differently from George Bush - and he would have never invaded Iraq. While some Progressives may not fully appreciate the fundamental difference between Barack Obama's ...

... So stop trying to play fair and play to win. I know many progressives recoil in horror at the idea of using agitprop to advance their ... right direction. That direction has since changed and we are actually moving farther away from it. It does not need to be that way. Progressives on this continent can still keep us moving towards that society but they are going to have to change their approach to ...

... the actions they're threatening will drive conservatives out of the party. And that's what progressives want, if only because it's exhausting to have to fight people in your own party as well as the other ... is that it is media driven - it gets a lot of coverage and spreads its ideas. Progressives should know how to do this, considering the '60"s and '70's, but they' ...

... , and our friends." Suddenly, for a host of different reasons, progressives are sending the message that we will not support these people if they keep breaking their promises and ... rights for a chance at advancing theirs, and a ludicrous number of self-identified progressives will sacrifice pretty much everything they claim to believe in, just because the words "Democratic majority" ...

ONE NUMBER PROGRESSIVES NEED TO KEEP IN MINDLast week a Washington Post poll on healthcare reform included the question: "Do you think Obama' ... over 1/6 of the 'too liberal' number. A number that can only be described as pathetic. Progressives aren't marginalized; progressives are marginal. If you want better outcomes, make your ideas more popular. Here endeth the lesson. ...

Asian Pacific American for Progress are asking for your opinion, who are the top Progressives in the AAPI community. The announcement: To commemorate the first year of ... "top Asian Pacific American progressives" of 2009. This is a call-out to community leaders, ... submission is selected as one of the top 10 progressives of 2009 then they will be featured at the end of the year on Asian ...

... sparked my brain to recognize a subtle but fundamental difference between conservatives and progressives. Perhaps it should have been obvious simply by comparing the definitions for “conservative” and ... a means to an end in that philosophy. Because compromise is a political necessity progressives are more comfortable actively entering the fray than their conservative counterparts. Also, ...

... $3,578,117 in pledges. The organization’s statement about the fundraising success reads: That’s how much progressives pledged this week to fund primary challenges against any Democratic senator who blocks an up-or- ... and the clearest sign to date that Pres. Obama’s coalition of young and independent progressives remains a force that can challenge even the most seasoned veterans.

Are some liberals and progressives beginning to figure out that 1 + 1 doesn't equal 3, and that the national debt is exploding to the degree that even they feel a bit quesy? You know the health care reform bill is in trouble when even self-proclaimed "Progressives" (aka: liberals) are worried about the mammoth bill's cost and its effect on the already out-of- ...