"I have this feeling in general that today there are so many politicians that are so afraid to go out there and talk about big ideas, right, I mean we have become so addicted to incremental change and so scared of failure that nobody really … [Read more...]
Better Leaders, Fewer “Benchmarks”
The Boston Globe also recognizes the empty rhetoric of Bush's benchmarks:The most obvious deficiency of the benchmarks is that Congress provided no penalties for failing to meet them. Bush opposed such penalties; the absence of any explains … [Read more...]
Will Democrats Enact Tough Ethics Reform, Or Prove They Don’t Get It?
This is why 21st Century Democrats stopped supporting just any old back-bench Democrats and decided to focus on finding real progressive Democrats who will be leaders within the party. The fundamental principle of our approach is that … [Read more...]
We’re Looking for the Next Great Massachusetts Democrat
Political strategists and consultants tell our candidates to support incremental policies which will not offend voters. The strategy is to play it safe and wait for Republicans to fail so badly that voters will elect Democrats. This is … [Read more...]