Howard Dean: The 'State Of The Progressive Movement' Is Strong

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http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/01/howard-dean-the-state-of-the-progressive-movement-is-strong.php

Republicans may be enjoying their ascendancy and critics may be suggesting the President Obama is tilting to the right along with them, but former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean says the "the State of the Progressive Movement is strong."

In a long letter sent to members of Democracy For America -- the progressive group that operates out of Dean's 2004 presidential headquarters in Vermont -- Dean opines on the state of the left after a year that saw many setbacks for progressives, from the death of the public option to the Republicans' November electoral sweep.

"The next few years aren't going to be easy either," Dean writes. "It's going to be a fight to stop right-wing Republicans from rolling back progress and forcing gridlock in Congress."

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"I know we will fight even harder in 2011 than we did in 2008 to make sure no Republican can turn back the clock on the advances we've made so far," he writes. "We will defeat those who stand against the advances we have yet to make. We will not compromise our values in the name of political expediency."


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1. K&R- I'm glad he is doing something with the money I have been donating...

It is a great organization, and worth looking into.


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2. I'd hardly call squeaking by 4 or 5 points a sweep, esp. when they said they'd

take BOTH Houses of Congress, but that's just me...........