New Progressive America or Tea Party Nation?

Conn Carroll / May 20, 2009

The Center for American Progress recently released report titled New Progressive America claiming “20 Years of Demographic, Geographic, and Attitudinal Change Across the Country Herald a New Progressive Majority.” When analyzing different states, CAP specifically left out California explaining:

This paper confines the state discussion to states that have been recently contested between progressives and conservatives, leaving out states such as Illinois and California that have moved so heavily progressive since 1988 that were not seriously contested in recent elections.

CAP’s report goes on to make the case that the New Progressive America is ready to pay higher taxes, especially for the environment and education: (more…)