TOTALLY RADICAL:  A MARXIST/  INTERNATIONAL CAPITALIST SPEAKS

A theme that stuck with me early in the convention, based on several early convention speeches and less formal addresses at various events, was the so-called "politics of posterity." This is a term I heard Gary Hart use and it seemed to capture clarify a major difference between the party of progressives and the party of the Right.

In the midst of barbaric war in the Caucus region, a rising China showcasing its power through the magnificence of the Olympics, and the continual election of left-leaning, populistic leaders in Latin America, we are witnessing the development of a uniquely 21st century paradox: the re-emergence of nationalism within an internationalistic framework.

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Gigi's post yesterday touched upon an interesting point - what does it mean to say we're progressives? Is there enough of a common thread among all the competing issues for 'progressive' to truly be a meaningful moniker?

Before I set down some thoughts on this issue, I want to you watch an ad which the Center for American Progress has been playing in a few select media markets the last several weeks. Join me after the jump, won't you?