Strategy Analysis & Innovations

In June, The Progressive Project (TPP) will officially launch the Campaign for Southern Equality (CSE).  Building on our six years working for LGBT rights, the Campaign for Southern Equality will be an innovative organizing effort to accelerate federal rights for all LGBT people, by building a strong grassroots movement in the South.  We believe...
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The day after a campaign loss is always sobering. That’s certainly true today in Massachusetts, where the election of Scott Brown to Senate shocked the political psyche of Democrats across the state and nation. Predictably, people are rushing to assign blame and no one is taking responsibility for a loss that did not need...
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Today, love put animus on trial. As Perry v. Schwarzenegger begins, we’d like to explain why we have supported the federal constitutional challenge to Proposition 8 since shortly after it was announced.  We support the legal team of Ted Olson and David Boies because, for the first time in the marriage cases, animus is...
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In this piece from The New Republic, Ed Kilgore discusses the value of doubt in faith and politics; he also elaborates on a recent piece based on TPP’s work that was published in The Democratic Strategist. The opening is below: Benefit of the Doubt by Ed Kilgore It’s hardly a secret or an accident...
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You can read the full article at The Democratic Strategist, a great site for political strategy and campaign innovations. The opening is below. Zero For Thirty-One: Lessons From the Loss in Maine Editor’s Note: This item is a special guest post by Jasmine Beach-Ferrara, a student at Harvard Divinity School and the director of...
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The loss in Maine is another body blow. But it is not a shock. Since 2004, we’ve lost campaigns like this 31 times. It begs a hard question: what can we be doing differently? The “No on 1″ campaign was well-run. They out fundraised the opposition and have been canvassing since at least last...
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TPP has endorsed the federal challenge against Prop 8, a claim that has been filed by lawyers Ted Olson and David Boies. We are excited to lend TPP’s support to this bold, winnable lawsuit and we believe that it has the capacity to advance equality in all 50 states. Through its endorsement of this...
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By April Barton Boston, Massachusetts Note: The original, full text of this piece, which includes in-depth analysis and recommendations, can be found below the fold. Last week, my wife, Adrienne, and I had a two-hour layover in Milwaukee, WI, on a trip between Boston, where we live, and Iowa, where I grew up and...
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You can read the full article at The Democratic Strategist. The article offers a full analysis of the field strategy of the “No on 8″ campaign. Why We Lost in California: An Analysis of “No on 8″ Field Strategies Editor’s Note: We are very pleased to publish this constructive critique of field strategies for...
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You can check out the full article, based on TPP’s work, at The Democratic Strategist. The opening is below: Abstinence Education By Jasmine Beach-Ferrara On a 100-degree day this summer, I took my dog on a run through Tower Grove Park in St. Louis. A mile into it, I looked up to see two...
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