Do you sense a change?

[cilla4progress]

I feel like Progressives are on the move! From President Obama to the progressive media, to Congress and governors (I live in Washington state where marriage equality was signed by our Governor Christine Gregoire today!), to the sisters at the Catholic Health Association. I feel like we aren't backing down as much. I thank the 99% movement, mostly. Perhaps we are looking at fruition of our values and policies!

[Skittles]

1. I do

I think the driving force is the GOP clown car - they are really scaring people

[RKP5637]

2. I also think many people are possibly waking up to how crazy the republican

presidential hopefuls are and really, how nuts the republican party has become.

I would really think, hopefully, that many Americans are now waking up to the fact that the republicans do not represent them and really have none of their interests in mind.

The republican agenda is to F over the majority of Americans.

Yes, I think OWS is helping to wake up Americans.

[knowbody0]

6. I pop over to faux

and it seems as though they are having mega difficulties spinning the messages. they look a bit constipated to me.

[RKP5637]

7. Yeah, funny about the constipated conservative! You know, many of them look

constipated and others are what we've called radish heads, always fuming about something, blustered and red in the face blowing a gasket.

[Ebadlun]

9. That's what 'severely conservative' looks like

[Cosmocat]

8. Tides has shifted away from the republicans for sure, BUT

these things go back and forth, and the media ALWAYS is willing to carry whatever message or meme the Rs are getting behind.

They are not dead, they WILL find traction on something and the "liberal media" WILL carry the water for them when they do.

Just hope the economy remains on its sluglike recovery pace, and there are no terrorist attacks on american soil before November.

[1ProudAtheist]

3. I'm Tired

of these pinheads stepping on the d*cks of working people. I'm fighting back with anything and everything that I can find or do.

[AmateurPolymath]

4. Since they took office last year, teapublicans have merged our world with "The Onion"

I constantly fantasize about the day Charles and David Koch wail like babies upon seeing that President Obama has won a second term, Democrats both houses, and that their millions of astroturfed dollars were a wasted, futile effort at underestimating the intelligence of the American people. It will take several years to undo the permanent economic damage Republicans have caused in one year alone.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

5. I think it's more the fact that there are clear differences being drawn between Democrats and these

crazy-ass Republicans!

[zipplewrath]

10. Not exactly

It's more like we've stopped the down hill slide. As many have expressed, we've seemed to reach the edge of crazy and the country isn't willing to jump off. Hardly say that is moving in the progressive direction. Occupy has changed the dialogue quite a bit. But we still discuss cuts more than revenue increases.

I think what is mostly happening is that on the economy, the GOP really has nothing. They are fighting tooth and nail for tax cuts for the rich, and they have little else. The people want jobs, and the want their houses to be worth something. The GOP really offers nothing on that and we are seeing "positive" motion on jobs and the economy. Long way from over for sure, but the Chrysler Ad really put the face on the conflict. Right or wrong the democrats are interested in things getting better. The GOP is only interested in ensuring that the people understand and feel their suffering.

[cilla4progress]

12. I think you're right...

and also on social issues: overreach.

[cilla4progress]

11. Hot damn!

I even just read on Politico (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/72825.html) that Fox news is moving left!

[grantcart]

13. More like the Republicans are in a panic