Australia's progressives win every single State, Territory and now Federal Government
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Kevin Rudd
Campaigning on "standing up for working families" the Australian Labor Party leader Kevin Rudd has defeated Australia's conservative Prime Minister after 11.5 years in power. Australia now has the Labor Party (our progressives) in power in every single Australian State and Territory. There is not a single Conservative in power anywhere in the country. Prime Minister Rudd will begin withdrawing Australian troops from Iraq and sign up to the Kyoto protocol - leaving the US as the only country in the Western world to have not signed up to it. US Democrats can learn a thing or two about economic populism from this man. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7111479.stm
November 24, 2007
Campaigning on "standing up for working families" the Australian Labor Party leader Kevin Rudd has defeated Australia's conservative Prime Minister after 11.5 years in power.
Australia now has the Labor Party (our progressives) in power in every single Australian State and Territory. There is not a single Conservative in power anywhere in the country.
Prime Minister Rudd will begin withdrawing Australian troops from Iraq and sign up to the Kyoto protocol - leaving the US as the only country in the Western world to have not signed up to it.
US Democrats can learn a thing or two about economic populism from this man.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7111479.stm
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Good Example
This is a great example! Even if the Democrats don't catch on quickly enough, the rest of us can! By starting wherever we have some influence we can filter up. I have communication with some of my friendly progressive elected officials, so I just keep using the frame with them. I have some not so progressive neighbors in my neighborhood association and I use progressive frames with them. It helps some, but its a start.
WE get to be the sparks that start the conversations while we wait for more money to support progressive media, messaging, and other communications and organizing.
New! Good job
Unfortunately, I don't think we'll see anything like this from the Democrats in 2008.