A proud Alabamian, Brandy Ayers writes that the accumulated influence of his dad, family, church, school and work nurtured his progressive sentiments.
In the same time, liberals and minorities of various stripes, who proudly preach progressive sentiments, have assumed leading roles in the Democratic Party.
Minimum wage hikes by referendum were passed in Red states as well as Blue ones, on an Election Day not noted for progressive sentiments.
It's possible to at least blunt the anti-progressive sentiment on the right with some of these policies.
For the New Republicans, being critical of ignorance and stupidity is considered elitist and condescending, while the widespread anti-intellectual, anti-progressive sentiment that continues to brew increasingly at these Tea Party rallies is widely revered, celebrated, and dangerously thought of as patriotic and pro-American.
Grandmaison touted pro-progressive sentiments at BMX and Lyons wrote several pieces decrying what he saw as the "toxic bro culture," filled with its sexism, racism and tribalism that was ruining the tech industry and so on.
Many progressives agree with sentiment recently expressed by Professor Cornell West, a professor at the Union Theological Seminary, who recently told Salon Magazine: "He posed as a progressive and turned out to be counterfeit.
Anthony, a 43-year-old with secondary progressive MS, exemplifies this sentiment.
"But I think we should stay focused on helping our constituents understand what is wrong with [the GOP bill]." Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), another high-profile progressive in Congress, echoed the sentiment.
But the same anti-incumbent sentiment that propelled progressive candidates to victory against DeSimone, Palangio and two other lawmakers limits the extent to which Tuesday's results can be viewed as a harbinger of a larger progressive shift in state politics, according to Loomis.
