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Robert Borosage's picture

The Myth of the Spurned "Centre"

Clive Crook, columnist for the Financial Times, urges President Obama to “betray” his base, and lead from the “centre.” Brits offering political strategy for American presidents are a bit like Americans telling Italians how to improve their pasta. And Crook’s analysis is as divorced from U.S. more »

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Robert Borosage's picture

The Obama Speech in Cleveland

President Obama traveled to Cleveland to deliver an address on the economy designed to highlight the "differences in governing philosophy" between his view and that of the Republican opposition. (A copy of the text is found here: http://www.oliverwillis.com/2010/09/08/text-of-obama-speech-in-cleveland.... more »

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Isaiah J. Poole's picture

Borosage on ABC: Obama Should Lay Down The Gauntlet

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Bill Scher's picture

How Progressives Move From Jargon To Message

I led a panel discussion at Netroots Nation in Pittsburgh Aug. 13 on how progressives can gain the offensive in talking about such issues as health care reform and federal spending. more »


Isaiah J. Poole's picture

Greider: Be Willing To Destabilize The Party

Journalist and author William Greider is urging the labor movement and other progressives to get tough with the Democratic Party, even if that means putting the party's majority control in the House and Senate at risk. more »

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Robert Borosage's picture

Obama's Summons

Obama's inaugural speech was a pointed critique of the "failed dogmas" of the last 30 years of conservative misrule and a summons to a new and bold, progressive era of activist government; regulated markets and shared prosperity at home; and a foreign policy that reflects our values.

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Bernie Horn's picture

How to Frame the 2008 Campaign

As we fight over individual issues in this election season, let’s not lose sight of the big picture. Unlike partisans, persuadable voters are not much interested in candidates’ specific issue positions. Issues don’t matter to them unless they are illustrative of a larger theme. Barack Obama has already telegraphed the only theme that John McCain can employ. What's the winning theme we can use?

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Bill Scher
Hometown: Northampton, MA
Interests: Energy Independence, Global Security, Health Care, Progressive Message
Honors: None, yet