Selfish Hedonist

As you formulate your thoughts on crafting a progressive platform, here's an article, via atrios, that I highly recommend. Yay for In These Times (Chicago-based, as we know) for helping get the ball rolling on this project!

How to Turn Your Red State Blue

By Christopher Hayes

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So what would a newly evangelical kind of progressive movement look like in 2005 and beyond?

Here’s an idea. One thing that nearly all Americans share is debt. Building a movement around credit reform—through the formation of local “debt clubs” that would be part of a national campaign, for example—would be one way for progressives to reach out to non-believers.

Works for me...