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The New Progressivism: What Do Issues Have To Do With It?

By Big Tent Democrat

To the New Progressives, nothing:

For me, 'progressive' means 'committed to progress' which may be incremental or sweeping, but which doesn't get bogged down in ideological roadblocks.

This of course leads to the question - what is "progress?" And do issues have anything to do with that? At the end of the day, this campaign to drain issues and ideology from progressivism is self defeating. Better to just call yourself a "Democrat" and stop with the "progressive" part. In fact, there is a model they can use - the Democratic Leadership Council. They were not into "ideological roadblocks" either.

Of course, like there were New Democrats, there could be New Progressives.

Speaking for me only

Full post as published by TalkLeft on March 30, 2010 (boomark / email).