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Progressives Rising

Report Subtitle:

2008: A Sea-Change Election

Author Organization(s):

Campaign for America's Future

Author(s):

Robert L. Borosage

Report:

http://assets.ourfuture.org/documents/pro_20080312_sea_change_election.pdf [1]

Publication Date:

03/12/2008

Summary:

[2]The 2008 election has the potential to be not simply one of change, as conventional wisdom suggests, but of sea-change—an election that marks the end of the conservative era that has dominated our politics for the past three decades.

"Progressives Rising—2008: A Sea-Change Election" details the signs of the emergence of that era, and cautions that progressives will not only have to continue to drive the debate in the election season, but will also have to define, expand and claim the mandate after the election.

Also see:

"The Decline of Conservatism," [3] by Stan Greenberg
"Conservatism is Dying," [4] by Eric Lotke

The 2008 election has the potential to be not simply one of change, as conventional wisdom suggests, but of sea-change, one that marks the end of the conservative era that has dominated our politics over the past three decades and the beginning of a new era of progressive reform. This report details the signs of the emergence of that era, and cautions that progressives will not only have to continue to drive the debate in the election season, but will also have to define, expand and claim the mandate after the election.

Links:
[1] http://assets.ourfuture.org/documents/pro_20080312_sea_change_election.pdf
[2] http://www.ourfuture.org/report/progressives-rising
[3] http://www.ourfuture.org/report/decline-conservatism
[4] http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/conservatism-dying-old-age-ill-health-and-neglect