How Progressives Can Move Obama to the Left | 22 comments (22 topical, 0 hidden)
Point and set, but not the match. (none / 0)
"Rahmbama and the DLC aren't concerned with the progressives...for the simple reason they currently lack sufficient organization and numbers to mount a challenge..."

I agree about the organization, but I disagree about the numbers.

Every issue-oriented poll shows that Americans favor progressive policies.  That means that most Americans are progressive, doesn't it?

So why do they vote for Reagan and Bush?  It's because they think Reagan and Bush are nice guys.  It's because the left doesn't speak out.  It's because progressives aren't organized for action.  It's because Republicans are always in our faces but we're never in theirs.

You're right about the lack of organizaiton and action.  But most Americans are progressives.  They just don't know it yet because no one has told them.

If I can elaborate a little on what Cenk said, we have to be on the streets every day, in their faces and in their cameras.  We have to let the progressives in Congress know that we've got their backs, not just with our letters and phone calls, but also with our money and with our bodies.

That is how we can change things.

by EveningStarNM on 12/24/2009 11:11:44 AM EST

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the4 progressvies need a HOME (none / 0)
You're right about the numbers. My wording in that sentence was poor. What I had in my mind as I wrote that is the progressive blogs and their readers. Sizeable in aggregate, but ... homeless really ... what is needed is a STRUCTURE that they and the like minded multitudes can call HOME politically. Something they can help build and contribute to and work for. Something that can wax POWERFUL and EFFECTIVE. That role was historically fulfilled by the democratic party, but the last year has put the final nails into that possibility.  

A political party would provide a FOCUS for the progressives, something for them to pour their hearts, minds, souls and energies into so they and their children and their grandchildren have a shot at building a future that doesn't have armageddon written all over it.  

Another part of the equation is the necessity for a single WORD that LABELS and DEFINES the financial/corporate elites for what they are and what they are doing. A single word that becomes associated with the insatiably greedy asshats that are trying to own this country lock, stock and barrel. I suggest 'eliticon'. Right now there is no one word that defines these pricks. One is NEEDED.

by spigzone on 12/24/2009 01:27:41 PM EST

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You're right (none / 0)
We need a simple marketing slogan that doesn't take up too much time in a sound bite.

It should personalize our battle with the ultra-rich elite and bring home the fact that this really is a class war.  It should be a pejorative but uncensorable name for the bankers and CEOs.

And it should fit into a three-word or, at most, four-word slogan.

Unfortunately, I haven't had enough sleep to be able to brainstorm right now.

I'm going to start a new article that hopefully will help generate some ideas about this.

by EveningStarNM on 12/24/2009 06:21:59 PM EST

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