Progressive Group Sees A Center Left Nation

nationaljournal.com — Although Barack Obama and the Democrats blew past John McCain and the Republicans on November 4 by turning red states to blue, winning 365 electoral votes, and sweeping to substantial new majorities in Congress, many pundits and journalists have declared that the United States remains a "center-right" country.

The Campaign for America's Future, the Washington-based policy shop that calls itself "the strategy center for the progressive movement," disagrees, contending that the election marked a political "sea change" among voters. "Conservatives have had their day," says Robert Borosage, co-director of the campaign. "This is a center-left, not a center-right, nation."