Take Back America 2007 Discussion - posts tagged 'tba2007'

Sen. Hillary Clinton being booed during her remarks is likely to be the big story coming out of Day 3 of Take Back America. What the boos were actually about is likely to be misreported.

A short, unassuming woman blended into the large audience that sat through a panel discussion I moderated on Tuesday, “The Blogosphere: From Ideas to Action.” It was not until the panel ended and I was rushing out of the room that I happened to ...

Is Chris Bowers Digby?

Is Oliver Willis Digby?

Presidential hopeful Gov. Bill Richardson, D-N.M., addressed Take Back America earlier this hour, and as far as I know, this was the first time he criticized Sen. Hillary Clinton, Sen. Barack Obama and former Sen. John Edwards by name for not suppor...

The three freshman progressive senators who participated in the "kitchen table" discussion at Take Back America Monday night all said they would support a strategy of not backing down from efforts to end the war in Iraq in the face of veto threats and ...

Campaign for America's Future co-director Robert L. Borosage debated staunch Iraq war defender Rep. Phil Gingrey, R-Ga., on the MSNBC news talk show "Hardball with Chris Matthews."

Borosage o...

The session was titled "How Conservatism Has Failed," but with the strong desire for positive change, discussion quickly moved to how to turn that failure into progre...

Rick Perlstein flags this interview by AmericaBlog's John Aravosis of A...

Freshman congressman Keith Ellison took on one of the movement’s most serious problems when he told progressives not to allow their frustrations with Congress’ inability to stop the war in Iraq to divide them.

“You might be mad at the Congres...

I'm currently attending "The War of Ideas: How Conservatism Has Failed", where the crowd was just treated to Max Blumenthal's video,

Take Back America 2007 kicked off with a roar this morning, as Campaign for America's Future Co-Director Robert Borosage addressed the conference announcing "This Is Our Time." The following are his opening remarks.

How can you get the most out of the Take Back America experience? Through this very website! Beyond providing up to date information about our

The progressive blogosphere community will be honored with Paul Wellstone Citizen Leadership Award at the Take Back America Gala Awards Dinner. And no progressive blogger has been blogging lo...

Marisa Treviño as the founder of a leading blog on Latina issues, Latina Lista and as an accomplished opinion journalist, will bring considerable ...

Take Back America will kick off with the panel titled "Our Time Has Come," recognizing that conservatism has definitively failed America and it's time for progressive...

Today, Campaign for America's Future and Media Matters for America released a new report, "The Progressive Majority: Why a Conservative America is a Myth."

Co...

Tracy Van Slyke has been doing the heavy lifting to take back our media, as Program Coordinator of the Media Consortium -- the network of leading progressive independent journalism organ...

Politico.com just announced today that it will be conducting a presidential s...

Take Back America speaker Diane Archer is at the center of the national health care debate. The founder of the Medicare Rights Center shares how Take Back America participants can do the...

In the run-up to Take Back America 2007 (just 11 days away!), we're going to be interviewing some of the great speakers on tap, and getting a taste of what's to come.

First up, the tireless political journalist

It's less than two weeks until Take Back America 2007 shakes up Washington, DC. Our star-studded speaker line-up is nearly complete -- and now includes Sen. Barack Obama, Sen. John Edwards, Gov. Bill Richardson, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Speaker Nancy P...

Why come to Washington for Take Back America 2007 on Monday June 18, when you can get the party started a day earlier?

On Sunday June 17, our friends at the YearlyKos Convention are throwing a ...

The finalists for the first annual Maria Leavey Tribute Award have been announced, and the honoree will be selected...

Over at our blog The Big Con, Rick Perlstein lays into scandal-plagued World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz, noting that the pay rais...

Despite the progressive gains that were made last November, the special interests are still alive and kicking.

In particular, the pharmaceutical lobby has scored two big wins the Senate this year -- a

I'm sure others at Campaign for America's Future had richer experiences with Maria Leavey, the tireless and brilliant organizer who is being commemorated in the new Maria Leav...