My colleague Bill Scher and I review this week's posts on "Creating the Progressive Moment" and outline plans for continuing the discussion in Denver. The interview outlines the several fronts on which progressives have to work in the coming weeks to change the direction of the country.
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Health insurance companies these days are really hitting us where it hurts. Congress can help us by guaranteeing quality affordable health care for all Americans. Or, they can help the insurance industry, and leave us to fend for ourselves in a complicated and expensive private insurance market. Call your member of Congress to ask: Which side are you on?
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While the public is profoundly disenchanted with the state of the economy and have soured on conservative economic policies, progressives still have the challenge of coming up with the right message that convinces voters that progressive solutions are better. In this podcast, pollster Celinda Lake and Emory University psychology professor Drew Westen discuss that challenge, which is being tackled by the Making Sense 2008 economic "war room."
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The conservative failure in public investment, and progressive solutions for addressing that failure, is the subject of my interview with Eric Lotke, the research director of the Campaign for America's Future, on WHMP-AM, where I was substituting for Bill Dwight. Lotke points out the consequences of years of disinvestment in public assets, including examples of how we are falling behind other countries, and discusses some solutions now being considered by progressive-minded leaders in Washington.
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Even though polls show majorities of the public favoring progressive positions on issues, Bernie Horn—senior fellow at the Campaign for America's Future and author of the book, "Framing the Future"—fears that the movement could lose opportunities to win elections this year because of how advocates talk about issues with swing voters. Horn explains how the "Making Sense" project is equipping progressives to win the battle with conservative opponents for the support of persuadable voters.
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George Bush, John McCain, and their conservative allies believe that the Iraq war has been worth the cost. About two-thirds of Americans disagree, according to a recent poll. Apparently, conservatives don't understand "opportunity cost"—the basic economic concept that when you choose to buy one thing, you can't use that money to buy something else.
The cost of Iraq in lives lost and scarred is incalculable. It has also had staggering economic costs here at home.
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A Service Employees International Union organizer confronts Karen Ignagni, the CEO of America's Health Insurance Plans at a public forum in Columbus, Ohio, July 22. The forum was intended to be the launch of the health insurance industry's multimillion-dollar campaign against reform proposals being pushed by the Health Care for America Now coalition. Ignagni was asked to defend a statement from a top insurance company executive that the company "will not sacrifice profitability for membership" — validation that the industry wants to protect corporate-profits-first health care at all costs. Health Care for America Now fact-checks Ignagni's response.
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Melinda Gibson of the Health Care for America Now coalition discussed how partnering with blogs can dramatically improve the ability to counter misinformation from the insurance lobby compared with the health care debate of 1994.
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Long-time Texas populist Jim Hightower at Netroots Nation talking about how blogging is changing the face of Texas politics, giving progressive populists a revitalized voice in the Lone Star State. He also discussed the degree of populism in the Obama campaign.
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My colleague Bill Scher and I review this week's posts on "Creating the Progressive Moment" and outline plans for continuing the discussion in Denver. The interview outlines the several fronts on which progressives have to work in the coming weeks to change the direction of the country.
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