From the "Me too" file.

Joan Walsh at Salon...

As the great Michael Harrington used to say, when it comes to electoral politics, I stand on "the left wing of the possible," and that's about where I believe Obama is.

Me too. Hat tip to Howie.

From the "Me too" file.

Atrios thinks deeply…

People who disagree with me are ill-informed and have their views clouded by an unrealistic ideological agenda, while I am a clear-minded pragmatist.

Me too, even when I disagree with him.

There it is.

jnfr...

The reason the Republicans don't have a lot of input into this stimulus bill is that they have no good, workable ideas.

That's it. Whatever 'post-partisanship' may turn out to be, it surely doesn't mean solutions that ignore science, defy experience and erode the Constitution, and that's all they've got left.

OK…

…but what does it mean? Chris Bowers…

The last ten years has witnessed a marked rise in the use of a different left and center-left ideological term in America: progressive. This rise has been so pronounced and widespread that "progressive" is now the most favorably viewed ideological term in America, surpassing both "moderate" and "conservative."

"Moderate" (another weasel word) Republicans often call themselves "progressive." Mainstream liberals often call themselves "progressive." Democratic Socialists and others who used to call themselves "radical" now cling to "progressive."

No wonder it's popular.