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Mooncat is looking to put together a list of Alabama progressives who have or should run for public office…I think she started off with a pretty good list:
Josh Segall
Stephen Black
Patricia Todd
Susan Parker
Susan Pace Hamill
Commenters have suggested two other names I thought of as well:
Merika Coleman
James Fields
I wish I had many more names to add, but there aren’t as many around as I would like.
Left In Alabama:: Name a Progressive Politician.
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Hey Kris,
How about a post wherein you define progressivism?
There are a lot of different ideas floating around out there about what constitutes progressivism as a political movement — what qualifies as progressive political thought.
Let’s put some stakes and boundaries down on it … better yet, let’s see what the above-named folks have to say about it. What do you think?
Jennifer
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I take your point Jennifer, and don’t generally like labels, but thought this would still be a fun exercise. I’m also not a big citer of Wikipedia, but think it’s as a good a starting point as any:
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Thanks for the start. I agree about the label thing. But since the word is starting to appear nearly everywhere, I think it’s helpful to get a bead on what it means.
By that definition (and I understand it isn’t yours), I think everyone is a progressive. Who likes government the way it is, the way it works now? I know I don’t, and although I know you and I don’t agree on everything, I’m sure you don’t, either. Does that make us both progressives?
I think the key to defining and understanding progressive political thought is to pin down exactly what constitutes “progress, change, improvement, or reform.” Is it an emphasis on policies that are seen as being beneficial to the middle class? Is it a propensity toward conservation? For that matter, what distinguishes a progressive from a liberal? Can you be “progressive” on one issue and not on others and still be considered “progressive?”
I think these are all things we are going to have to examine carefully, especially as Alabamians heading into the 2010 election cycle. I’m willing to wager (but only in places where it’s legal — ha ha, bad Alabama joke) that “progressive” is going to be the buzz word du jour for all those statewide campaigns. I just want to know what they’re talking about — and to know that they know what they’re talking about — when I start seeing their TV ads and glossy mailers.
PS I did a post about this this morning. Check it out here: http://www.oanow.com/oan/OAN_Political_Blog/what_is_progressive/66192/
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I agree that when you start getting into labels it gets dangerous when all people aren’t using the same definition. I also wholeheartedly agree that progressive will be a buzzword for the 2010 election cycle in Alabama.
I do believe that there is a lot of scholarly work on defining these different terms, but when you start moving them into the real world, much of that definition is lost. There is a difference between “progressive” and “liberal”, and generally progressives are more pragmatic than ideological.
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