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Special Report on the Tea Party Movement

The ‘Tea Party’ is very real and will have a big impact on this year’s election and beyond – but it is important to correctly characterize this movement.  The Tea Party is a grass-roots, intensely ideological, conservative Republican...

Grim Stability Will Require Race-by-Race Fight

National survey of 1,001 2008 voters conducted June 19-22, 2010. This tracking is for Democracy Corps’ polling at the end of June.  While these results were released publicly, we thought it would be helpful for progressive leaders to stare at the results...

Monthly Report on Real Economic Indicators

The monthly tracking on the state of the macro and micro economy makes it even harder to build a short-term economic narrative predicated on national economic progress. That may be possible in years ahead, but difficult in the next four months. A declining number...

Toward Renewal and Leadership

As President Obama issues his new national security strategy, a new Democracy Corps-Third Way survey shows the president continues to earn stronger marks on national security than on the economy or on his overall approval. Moreover, there are signs the...

Getting to a Powerful Choice on the Economy

The lack of movement in our monthly economic monitor even after a quarter of job growth underscores the urgency of progressives advancing an effective economic message. The current messages coming from President Obama and the national Democrats are demonstrably...

How to Survive 2010

Democrats need to make substantial political progress in the next six months.  The basic problem is math.  Currently independent voters prefer Republicans over Democrats by two to one in congressional trial heats.  Other groups, such as blue collar...