Who more "progressive" do you want nominated, then explain just how he/she gets 270 electoral votes.

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164. I believe that Somebody who would fight FOR these Progressive Policies & Issues:

*Make EFCA (Employee Free Choice Act) The Law of the Land

*Renegotiate NAFTA and the other "Free Trade" Treaties, and acknowledge that these treaties have cost Americans GOOD jobs

*Introduce a Publicly Owned, Government Administered robust Public Option to Keep the Insurance Companies honest.

*Fight against a Health Care Cadillac Tax on Union Plans

*Show up on picket lines where Unions are being attacked

* who would laugh at the idea of a Mandate to Purchase Health Insurance,
and ridicule it by saying that THAT is like solving Homelessness by requiring everybody to buy a house.

*who would protect Social Security and force the RICH to start paying their Fair Share by Raising the Cap on FICA Contributions,
NOT lowering them.

*who would fight to "Restore America's Honor" by restoring the guarantees of our Constitution,
and STAND on this principle:
The president does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation.

* who would introduce a new era of transparency in Washington:
forbid Lobbyists in the White House
expose Lobbyists in Congress
Televise Committee Meetings
Put legislation on the Internet for 5 days before signing it
Make it easy to track money influencing legislation

*Fight to protect consumers by forcing Corporations to label GM Food & Country of Origin

*Promise to put Progressive Voices in his administration
not just old establishment retreads
corporate cronies
and right leaning "Centrists"



Somebody who runs on a Populist/Progressive Platform like this ^ would do very well,
probably even get elected with majorities in BOTH Houses
a MANDATE to do all of the above
and an ARMY Standing in the Streets to help him.

....but whether he would actually FIGHT for the above after the election is the problem.




You will know them by their WORKS,
not by their Campaign Promises.
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