We are on the verge of nothing less than a transformation in the role of our federal government, from one of conservative neglect to one of progressive action.

Conservatives, deeply fearful of being buried on the wrong side of history, are gearing up to obstruct progress wherever possible.

Yet...

As noted in yesterday's edition of OurFuture.org's Progressive Breakfast, Marc Ambinder recently laid out the conservative strategy to attack any economic recovery program:

A trillion dollars worth of government spending over the course of a few years is a ripe target for conservatives. Think back to the...

Yesterday, the Bureau of Justice Statistics released new prison stats. 2.3 million people behind bars. 1 out of every 100 adults overall. 1 out of 9 black man in his twenties.

Also yesterday, my Campaign for America's Future colleague, Research Director Eric Lotke, laid out on OurFuture.org a...

As we all know, Mitt Romney is the smartest and greatest businessman that ever graced our land. For some reason, I haven't heard him weigh in on the bailout of Citigroup. But since he already offered a plan for dealing with the struggling auto companies, I imagine we can...

Today, the Washington Post casually warns that "the annual federal budget deficit already is spiraling toward $1 trillion -- about 7 percent of the gross domestic product -- a level not seen since the end of World War II," to raise concern about the size of any proposed stimulus...

Last week, the progressive mandate was felt in the Senate, as right-leaning Democratic Senator Max Baucus proposed legislation to guarantee health care for all.

Today, the progressive mandate was felt in the House, as the Democratic caucus voted 137-122 to remove longtime global warming skeptic Rep. John Dingell...

A safe prediction: Compared with the Bush administration, the Obama administration is going to invest more public dollars in rebuilding and modernizing American infrastructure.

There will certainly be debate over how much investment by our government is needed . The new Institute for America's Future report, "The Investment Deficit...

Looking at the same data I did when diagnosing the conservative "secular problem," Karl Rove concludes:

Then there were those who didn't show up. There were 4.1 million fewer Republicans voting this year than in 2004. Some missing Republicans had turned independent or Democratic for this election. But...

On Fox News Sunday, leading House conservative Mike Pence looked at the success of ballot initiatives that deny equal marriage rights as evidence that conservatism remains healthy in America.

Discussing how the Republican Party should move forward, Pence told host Chris Wallace:

...you build those conservative solutions,...

So another irresponsible industry is in deep trouble and wants a government bailout. This time, it's the auto industry. General Motors is literally worth nothing, according to Deutsche Bank, and needs "external government intervention" to survive. Ford and Chrysler are in sorry shape as well.

The disastrous turn...

Here's a little news that probably won't dominate the post-election punditry. More than 60% of voters considered Sen. Barack Obama a "liberal." And he won.

Politico interviewed Sen. John McCain's long-time close aide Mark Salter, who revealed the result from the McCain campaign's own polling.

Our polling showed that...

It's not the style. It's the substance that dictated the outcome of the election, which gave Sen. Barack Obama a larger share of the popular vote than either George W. Bush or Bill Clinton ever received.

The backdrop of this election has long been the comprehensive failure of conservative policies...

As we are facing the biggest economic crisis since the Great Depression as a result of conservative deregulation, it's only logical that we would look to how we successfully dealt with the last major economic crisis -- the progressive principles that shaped President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's "New Deal."

The conservative...

The Atlantic's Marc Ambinder wrote yesterday:

...it might be dangerous for the Republican Party to elevate the stakes for this election to a death match between competing ideologies. If Barack Obama's victory is as decisive as it is shaping up to be, the Democrats can justifiably claim that conservatism...

Earlier this week I expressed some hope that the traditional media would accurately cover the debate over how to best get our economy back on track: robust public investment that pays off long-term, or a short-term focus on balancing the budget that clamps down on investment.

While much...

After Gov. Sarah Palin's nomination acceptance speech, I remarked it was a "sad night for conservatism," as the wildly received speech exposed the conservative leadership's desire for snide insults over responsible governing, for eschewing personal responsibility of their own failures in favor of blame-shifting on to others.

The other...

Patio Man, Deck Guy, Porch Dude and Stoop Buddy are all surprised that they still waste five minutes of their day reading David Brooks.

Brooks' occasional use of big words and obscure references always made it seem like he knew what he was talking about. But now that he's...

HuffPoster David Sirota rightly flags what to expect after Election Day, regardless of the outcome -- an "onslaught" of media Establishment punditry that America is a "center-right nation" which will either help McCain clamp down on Congress or constrain Obama from following through on his issues platform.

Sirota cites...

In 2004, long-time McCain campaign manager Rick Davis penned an op-ed for the Boston Globe, lamenting and lambasting the use of smears to win presidential campaigns.

The essay titled, "Anatomy of a Smear Campaign," detailed how Sen. John McCain suffered from smears when running against then-Gov. George W....

Perhaps the first sign that racism may not play a determining role in the general election was when the McCain campaign gave up on Michigan.

President Bush lost the severely economically distressed state in both 2000 and 2004. But some thought Sen. John McCain had a chance of