So, what makes a progressive?
Well, if you mean in Congress, they do
caucus together, and I don't mean the Democratic party. Within the Democratic party there are three sub-groups, the Progressive Caucus (largest of the groups), the Blue Dogs, which are basically Republicans with a D after their names (formed in 1994 after the trouncing in the election believing the party had gone too far left) and the New Democrats which sit somewhere between the two, what my high school civics teacher would have called "oatmeal" politicians.
Interesting fact, in this last election, the Progressive Caucus lost only 3 seats, the Blue Dogs lost the lions share of the Dem seats followed by the New Democrats.
