If you're tired of the stale fare served up by fake progressives on TV take a look at this interview with Adam Green, head of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee and Netroots activist extraordinaire:
Adam Green talked about the work of his Progressive Change Campaign Committee, and the organization’s agenda for the 113th Congress.*He also outlined what progressives would like to see from President Obama in his second term, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic communications.*Topics included tax rates, Social Security and Medicare, jobs in the oil and gas industry, AIG’s potential lawsuit against the U.S. government, and President Obama’s negotiation skills.
And then read this piece about Bob Borosage who runs Campaign for America's Future, who the right wing portrays as the left's Grover Norquist. (I'm sure Bob would be thrilled to have that kind of clout among the unruly Democrats, but I'm afraid we just don't operate that way.)
There are a lot of ideas and a ton of energy out here on the left side of the dial. It's not batshit insane so it doesn't get the quite the attention that the right does. (And many of the Villagers are still living in the 70s, running from hippies instead of right wingnuts who want to overthrow the government.) But it's out there, organizing and slowly but surely making some progress. I've always thought that ne of the most important keys to success is perseverance, and Borosage and Green are good examples of people who have it.