| We welcome discussion on a range of progressive issues. We believe in bold, transformative change. We reject the notions of baby steps, moving to the center, bipartisanship, and letting corporations run our government. The current system is out of balance, rigged to favor the powerful interests, unable to hear the voices of those without power. We believe in public financing of all federal elections as a cornerstone to achieve change.
Our government and Constitution belong to the People, who should be protected more than profits. Equality and economic justice are cornerstones of the progressive movement. Universal heath care is a fundamental right, and poverty a fundamental wrong, here and globally. We believe that work should trump wealth, and that a progressive movement must include the working class, unions, and people from diverse backgrounds in all 50 states.
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We encourage intelligent discussion of progressive issues, and substantive communication based on the exchange of ideas. We discourage attempts to define politics as a sporting or money event. Candidates should prevail on their character, honesty and the power of their ideas and plans to effectuate progressive change, not by how much money they can raise, their stature in the polls, silly gaffes, or the whims of punditry.
Our Origins:
ProgressiveBlue.com began as EENRblog.com, formed by a group who had worked together during the John Edwards presidential campaign creating a nightly diary series known as the "Edwards Evening News Roundup" on DailyKos. After our candidate dropped out in early 2008, a number of us wanted to continue promoting the progressive issues and policy options that had brought us together. Our blog's original acronym—Edwards Evolution, Next Revolution—reflected both our origin and our forward-looking efforts.
No really, who are you?
Progressive Blue is run by a collective of editors. While we each have our individual strengths (and I'm sure weaknesses as well), we work together to further the purpose of this blog.
Here is the roster of the team we affectionately call The Editorial Board (as of January 2010):
- edgery–The local contrarian, she began blogging during the 2003-4 Howard Dean presidential primary campaign but has been involved in politics since that fateful day on the mountain in 1964 when AuH2O visited El Paso. She proudly carries many labels (e.g., TH ACC BHL PP) but none as proudly as DOFH and Grama. On the blog, she usually writes on human and civil rights (yes, that includes workers and women!) but spends most of her time here behind the scenes on outreach, organizing, and cooking up new schemes to cause the RWNJs heartburn.
- funluvn–
- jamess–
- Michael Conrad–
- OneCarolinaGirl–Every group has to have an analyst and this one is no different. OneCarolinaGirl looks at any situation and tries to dissect it and see how it becomes a whole. She is a bit more concerned about 'financial responsibility' and how things are going to be paid for, but isn't a financial conservative. She loves to do creative things and worked with several candidates last campaign making videos for them and uploaded them onto various video sites. She also loves to do any kind of image design work and some programming work, all of which was self-taught. Last campaign, she built political websites for a couple of groups and blogged for some candidates. She is always concerned about the soldiers at war and their families who suffer the loss of a loved one. Her great passions in life are when she and her husband travel and her 'super smart' toy poodle.
- poligirl–
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So please, enjoy yourselves and let the discussion begin. We plan to keep fighting until Real Change becomes a reality, and you are invited to participate.
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