Someone challenged a DL blogger to name recent progressive victories. Here is a very partial list.
Candidates: Jerry Brown, Gavin Newsom, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, Sherrod Brown, Debbie Stabenow, Amy Klobuchar, Jean Shaheen, Bernie Sanders, Tammy Baldwin, Mazie Hirono, Chris Murphy, Maggie Hassan, Ann Kuster, Carol Porter, Alan Grayson, Peter Shumlin, Bob Filner, Pete Gallegos, Bill de Blasio………the list goes on with many local offices.
Places: NYC, Seattle, Colorado, California, Vermont, Connecticut, Charlotte, Houston, Austin, Phoenix, Missoula…..for example.
Issues victories/progress: Local minimum wage, ALEC hurt, gay marriage, check stop and frisk, slow meta-data collection, Obamacare, Larry Summers stopped, filibuster reform, some foreclosure protection, slow war on drugs, fuel efficiency, deportation relief, TPP bogged down……
Feel free to add your two cents.