We are in new territory in American political history. The old-school model held that under conditions of divided government, both parties would work out a compromise by “meeting in the middle” to craft a solution that would be acceptable to the majority of both parties,... Continue
Progressive Majority Coalition
American politics has historically proceeded in 40-year cycles in which one political and ideological movement dominates the policy agenda and frames the terms of political discourse. We are now coming to the end of the dominance of the conservative movement, which in turn supplanted the... Continue
This all seems quite familiar by now. The new normal in American politics is a continual series of manufactured crises over what used to be fairly routine budget processes, like annual fiscal appropriations or raising the debt ceiling. These procedural choke points are held hostage... Continue
The election of 2012 sets the stage for an emerging seismic political realignment. Skeptics will note the basic contours of our deeply dysfunctional political scene is still at status quo ante: a skillfully gerrymandered Republican majority in the House of Representatives, driven by a hyper-partisan... Continue
The historical task of the progressive movement is to facilitate the evolution of American society and its economic substructure to meet the social, economic and environmental challenges of the 21st century and to finally break the grip of corporate control so that our political process... Continue
Elections are ultimately a decision to empower a vision of society, which in turn is rooted in a frame story that provides a cultural narrative, grounded in the bedrock of shared values. We are electing a social metaphor that animates and orients the policy choices... Continue