Now why is it necessary to create a conflict between more progressive Feminism, and its interests in empowering women in many institutions, and place it against say school lunches or S-Chip funding? It isn’t. False choice that doesn’t have to be made.

My point is different — After the election of 1980 the progress made during the Carter Administration incorporating Women’s Programs into projects the State Department normally supports ended. The position as Assistant Sec. of State for Women’s Affairs was abolished. But the programs survived because Arvonne found them a new home in the Humphrey Institute, helped re-structure them as NGO’s, Helped find private financing, and they were essentially more healthy at the beginning of the Clinton years than they had been in 1980. Initially Clinton adopted them, they were ready-made programs. Then they were screwed in large measure because someone wanted a starring role at an international conference. Then, thirteen-fourteen years later, that same person claims this as a huge contribution to International Relations while running for President. I just think the truth of the matter should surface, and the sources available for telling the story ought to be on the record.

Unitary presidential power without oversight is now looming as a congressional confrontation.

Impeachment proceedings only will resolve the rule of law that Bush is flouting.

The Rovian/Addington Neocon power struggle that gives corporations power over the people can be stopped by impeachment powers of supeona.

Demand your constitutional rights.

At least no one has appointed his horse a senator yet.

Perhaps not; but there are numerous horse’s asses so serving….

I am not terribly interested in the Obama-Hillary pissing contest that is currently underway, and I agree with Pachacutec (I think that’s who it was) who posted over at FDL recently that neither of these candidates is actually a progressive candidate. What I am interested in however, is pushing hard on the current (and future) leadership to get the Democratic Party back into the progressive camp again. To teach them how to defend progressive principles and sell them to the public. In that light, I think understanding how the Clinton administration and the Democratic Leadership Council undercut the historic progressive legacy of the Democratic Party is a useful exercise and I am grateful for Sara’s post to that end.

By the way, I cannot think of a better example in my lifetime of the public pushing the Democrats to find their progressive voice (such as it is) than this FISA fight. It is entirely because of the tremendous efforts of our leading bloggers to organize the rest of us to make phone calls, write letters, send emails and faxes. EW, Jane, Christy, Glenn, mcjoan, KagroX, etc. deserve enormous credit and praise for yesterday’s victory. I am deeply thankful for all they have done. For the first time in years I believe that we may yet prevail in regaining control of our out-of-control government. Thank you all.

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
nothing is going to get better. It’s not.

And today the great Yertle, that Marvelous he,
Is King of the Mud. That is all he can see.
And the turtles, of course…all the turtles are free
As turtles and, maybe, all creatures should be.