Another take on Obama and liberalism
Short post today… In yesterday’s post I expressed concern that Barack Obama is running from the liberal label. At dailykos I found another take that praises how he’s handling being called a liberal.
Month: February 2008
Do NOT run from the liberal label!
Barack Obama is starting to concern me. He seems to be running from “liberal” label. I’ve written before about how critical I think it is that liberals and progressives rescue the term “liberal”. It’s a first step toward re-legitimizing the entire liberal worldview. I didn’t see the debate between Obama and Hillary Clinton last night, […]
I hate to criticize, but…
I think one of our prominent national liberal bloggers has it wrong. Well, slightly wrong. I’ve been mulling the whole kerfuffle over Barack Obama’s “patriotism problem” for a couple of days. An AP article by Nedra Pickler jump-started much of this. Since then, the liberal blogosphere has lit up – quite rightly and more quickly […]
More on guns
Following up on some earlier thoughts about guns, I found a couple of opinion pieces in the local paper, the “Peoria Journal Star“. First, a piece on the lack of devastation wrought by Michigan passing a carry-concealed-weapons law a few years ago. I consider it mark of liberalism and the progressive movement to be “reality-based”. […]
Great Lakes state of mind
Another wrap-up of Great Lakes regional issues and news… Great Lakes liberalism E.J. Dionne has a nice column about how Senators Clinton and Obama seem to following in the footsteps of the late Minnesota Senator Paul Wellstone. We could all follow his example. War profiteering comes to the Great Lakes Kudos to the “Chicago Tribune”. […]
An embarassment of riches
Well, maybe it’s fair to say that I’m clearing out a backlog. I’ve found a number of things in the last few days, but I haven’t had a chance to post them. I’ll get through some today, and more in the next few days. Liberal morals and story Following up on my comments about the […]
The power of story
If you’re interested in the future of the progressive movement, I would urge you to check out this article from Paul Waldman over at the “American Prospect”. He analyzes the success of Barack Obama so far and finds the key in Obama’s ability craft a compelling story about why he should be the next president […]
Great Lakes all over the place
Much of my writing so far in this blog has been broad scope – meaning national. But I hope to, over time, focus more on the Great Lakes region and its progressive values and community. Today is a good day to start. I imagine it’s mostly because of the Wisconsin primary today and the upcoming […]
Long drought
A drought there of a few days, but look for more posts starting this week. In the meantime, here was a good read from this weekend’s New York Times regarding identity politics. I think it’s some good thoughts to keep in mind as the progressive movement tries to sort out what it’s identity will be […]
Read it and say, “Hell, yeah!”
Check out this article from Eric Alterman over at the Nation.
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