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Great post, Ben. If the SEIU gave report cards for Progressive Advocacy then I'm confident you'd get an A+ too.
Ya know... there's a common thread weaving among your fine post here, the one over at Bradley's blog and especially Sarah's great post - they are uniformly positive. None of the strident bitterness that permiates so much of what I read from advocates of other politicians, both in Oregon and beyond.
I know that the conventional wisdom dictates that when your candidate can't seem to get any traction then negativity will work. And to a large degree it's true, if history is any judge. Of course it's also an inherently conservative tact since that's how it's been done for eons. Progressives, on the other hand, strive for progress and positive affirmations of what is appealing about one's own candidate just strikes me as vastly more progressive than the negativity that seems to eminate from the core of conservatives and pseudo-progressives.
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