Progressives Quotes

When all is said and done, his standing among progressives is only going to increase, and he'll be a bigger player on Capitol Hill. - Carlos Watson

We're running a grassroots campaign. We don't have a lot of money. It is sort of an uphill battle, but I'm glad I'm doing it. I think it's important that progressives have their voices heard. - Gretchen Clearwater

The senators who want to serve on (the Judiciary Committee) tend to be very ideologically driven and know their own minds. They are either very strong progressives or very deep conservatives. - Jamin Raskin

Thank you for the opportunity for the Democratic Party and progressives to reclaim the votes of the sane citizens of these United States. - Jennifer M. Granholm

Sometimes when I listen to fellow progressives, I wonder if the only lesson we took away from the '04 elections is that politics is a word game. - Eric Liu

Progressives have found themselves in more of a reactive role. - Corey Cook

Once the cry and the cause of a generation of progressives to make America safer, fairer and cleaner, 'regulation' is now a dirty word in our politics. Even Democrats are quick to talk about cutting regulations; Republicans hate them with - how to put it? - evangelical fervor. - Jon Meacham

Nancy is now in the shadows. Up until Dellums declared, she had progressives supporting her. - Cy Gulassa

Mr. Obama plans to boost federal spending 25 percent while nearly tripling the national debt over 10 years. Americans know that this kind of spending will have economic consequences, including new taxes being imposed by the new progressives. - Karl Rove

It's not just the progressives and the Democrats but also Libertarians and moderate Republicans who feel that private rights and civil liberties are being threatened by this administration. - Michael Huttner