Progressives Rising

Speaking of patterns, in the New York Times Magazine, Matt Bai describes the funding for "the conservative message machine" in a piece called Wiring the Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy. He goes on to highlight the emerging influence of Moveon.org and ACT and progressive "venture capitalists" who are "champions of activist government at home and multilateral cooperation abroad." He quotes Harold Ickes: Moveon.org "has cachet. There is no cachet in the Democratic Party."