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Is it OK to be liberal again, instead of progressive?

Come out of the closet, liberals. Stop using the fashionable euphemism "progressive" and relaunch the old, tarnished L-word.
By Michael Lind

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  • Saturday, November 22, 2008 06:33 AM

    Conservative Liberal

    What is this fixation on labels? Using the current definitions, I am a conservative liberal Democrat.

    One of the benefits of electing Barack Obama and Joe Biden is that their administration will help redefine politics from the social combat it has been to a genuine political discourse that values all viewpoints - or that is the hope!

    Clinton detractors will be busy in the coming weeks, but in their hearts all must admit Senator Hillary Clinton will be a formidable secretary of state in the Obama-Biden administration. That acknowledgement will serve to diminish the importance of the offensive side of national politics and enlarge discussions both nationally and internationally about possibilities from a new American foreign policy.

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