We are politically active. We think politically. We act politically.
Guess what?
Most American’s don’t.
Putting ideals into little boxes that are "liberal" or "progressive" hurts us more than it helps us.
Justin Glick over at Next American City writes:
I just finished Tony Judt’s piece in the NYRB on how to revive social democracy, and perhaps it’s just because I myself strongly sympathize with social democratic ideals, but I think a lot of what he has to say will resonate for many Americans on both the left and the right.
I just spent time on the campaign trail with several candidates that do not pass the local litmus test of what fits in a "progressive" box but by my experience are extremely progressive.