yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 11/6/2008
—
I think Nancy Pelosi does a good job here of reframing an annoying question about the need to govern from the center, arguing that the results of the 2006 and 2008 elections reaffirm that the center is progressive and that what matters, ultimately, is delivering the goods to help people with ...
powerlineblog.com - 10/31/2008
—
powerlineblog.com —
We've been writing for some years about the
fact that America's income tax system has increasingly concentrated
tax liability among the highest income earners. Currently, the top ten percent of American income earners pay 71 percent of all income ...
(more)
Too Progressive Already
boomantribune.com - 11/1/2008
—
boomantribune.com —
The following Democrats just voted to jettison the
Writ of Habeas Corpus, give the President the right
to interpret the Geneva Conventions, give the Secretary of Defense the authority to change Courts Martial rules and procedures at his whim, to give ...
(more)
A Progressive Community
Comments
Blog Reactions
Pelosi And Dean Beat Back Conservatives’ Claim That America Is Still ‘Center-Right’
Think Progress —
... In separate press conferences today, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and DNC Chairman Howard Dean wholly rejected the right-wing’s talking points. Pelosi explained that the “center” of the country is progressive and that it demands legislation like raising the minimum wage and making college more affordable: ...
11/6: Sticking By Sarah
Blogometer —
... ' Matthew Yglesias disagrees: "The day before the election, Barack Obama was a socialist. The day after the election, he only won because he's a centrist in line with the views of 'center-right' America. [...] The truth is that Obama ran to the progressive center left behind in the wake of conservatism's catastrophic failures." PALIN: The Rightroots Leap To Her Defense Conservative bloggers are blasting the anonymous McCain aides who leaked unflattering stories about Palin to ...
Hullabaloo —
... DFHs and mean ol' liberals who would run his Presidency into the ground. He hears the same thing from conservative Blue Dog members of his own party who've suddenly found their fiscally conservative backbone, and even the party leadership, fearful of a backlash and continually stuck in early 1995 mode, weighing risk and reward and gaming out the politics of it all instead of, and let me say this one more time, IMPROVING PEOPLE'S LIVES. I actually think Nancy Pelosi tried to say this yesterday in a soundbite that Digby flagged yesterday. If ...
Related Content
Center-Right, Center-Left, Etc.
corner.nationalreview.com 11/18/2008 — Tod Lindberg argues that conservatives are fooling themselves if they think that the U.S. is a "center-right nation." Me, I'm not sure what it would mean for the country to be either "center-right" or "center-left." I can see the point of saying that ...
Progressive States Network
action.progressivestates.org 11/20/2008 — Signup with the Progressive States Network The Progressive States Network is your Number One Source for progressive activism and news dealing with state policy. We focus our attention on state-based efforts to increase democracy, reward work, value ...
Progressive States Network
secure.democracyinaction.org 11/20/2008 — Thank you for joining the Progressive States Network community! Please consider making an online contribution. For the past thirty years, America's biggest corporations have been spending huge money to take control of state legislatures. We have an ...
Buy “The Progressive Revolution”
theprogressiverevolution.com 1/14/2009 — If you join Progressive Book Club, you can get your copy of The Progressive Revolution for free! prog-revolution-500x90-ligh1 You can also buy your copy of The Progressive Revolution in bookstores or at any one of these online booksellers. Amazon ...
Left, Right, Or Center
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com 10/21/2008 — Jon Meacham argues that we are a center-right nation: Democratic presidents from FDR to JFK to LBJ to Carter to Clinton usually wind up moving farther right than they thought they ever would, or they pay for their continued liberalism at the polls. ...
The New Center-Right
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 11/22/2008 — David Sanger for The New York Times :
Now, his reported selections for two of the major positions in his cabinet - Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state and Timothy F. Geithner as secretary of the Treasury - suggest that Mr. Obama is ...
"Center-Right Nation" Watch
openleft.com 11/1/2008 — In my newspaper column this week, I noted that the term "center-right nation" is now the word du jour for the elite media and Punditburo. We are being told that no matter how big a progressive landslide Tuesday may bring, our country nonetheless will ...