Lloyd Dogget -- A liberal with progressive tendencies.

Sheila Jackson sounds more like a progressive to me than liberal

Eddie Bernice Johnson is probably much more liberal than progressive

Jim Hightower/Molly Ivins: Progressive
John Kerry/Barbara Boxer: Liberal

ps: I will admit, some of the difference is in the presentation of ideas. Progressives are MUCH more fun to be around.

A.
Liberals are easily not progressives.
Progressives are not always liberals.

B. Granted, with the passage of time, the radicalism in Southern Liberals has muted. In '69, a liberal college students associations in AL and GA issued a warning to the SDS to stay out of the Deep South. They then proceeded to enforce that warning with personal violence at UA, AU, and GaTech. Not a liberal thing to do at all.

btw, WHY does Boston get less snow than Worcester? Doesn't seem fair at all.

Heheheh. Well played.

And of course I was only joking.

Texas is simply a very interesting place to a "damn Yankee" such as myself.

So many in Texas seem to want to secede and sometimes I think it might be for the better. For the rest of the country anyways.

Thanks for the links to Leininger and Barton. It's always interesting to see just how much religion is driving the conservative agenda.

-David

According to Wikipedia, there are two Texans in the House Progressive Caucus: Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18, Houston) and Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30, Dallas). Lloyd Doggett is also rated "somewhat liberal" on http://thatsmycongress.com/house/

But whom in Texas would I (as a liberal in Boston) consider "a F*****g Radical"?

a F*****g Radical.

There are liberals in Texas? :)

I think you are correct on the Political Oblivion one. No one that I know in Texas really expected the meltdown that occured ... only those of us who've left were sure that it was going to happen.

Liberals and Progressives in Texas expect the worst to happen because it very often does (Bush, Perry, Gomert, DeLay, Ron Paul, and a host of REALLY BAD NEWS guys you've never heard of). The political rightwing noise is so loud, you lose track of the fact that places like SF, Boston, NY, Chicago, and Vermont actually exist AND that THEY MATTER.

It would surpise me if Rick Perry ever won another elective office again.

Destined For Political Stardom
Elizabeth Warren. Anyone Republicans hate this much has to be doing something right.

Destined For Political Oblivion
Rick Perry. I think Republicans could forgive him for anything but the Brokeback Mountain jokes.

Best Political Theater
Hands down the Republican primary race.

Worst Political Theater
The endless "anything but Obama" antics. Or, John Boehner's crying. In each case, who cares?

Most Underreported Story
The SOPA debate - Has this been in the mainstream media at all? Or is this another example of awful legislation which gets passed while the media focuses on the tired old Dem/Republican story.

Most Overreported Story
Casey Anthony or Tim Tebow. There's so much here though. Our media is really much closer to the National Enquirer these days than 60 Minutes (which has made a comeback this year?)

Predictions

Ron Paul emerges as the GOP nominee much to the dismay of mainstream Republicans (an endangered species)

A few thoughts anyways.
-David

Awwww, yer no fun!! :(

Com'on!! Join the party!!!! Help me get to 500 posts!!! It's for a good cause... :D

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Hey Chris!!!! How's that [10] John Boehner is the best Politician of 2012 thing working out for ya???

Best Slogan could overlap with Best Spin, but it isn't quite the same.