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One of the left’s more charming conceits is the certitude that it has bonded with the common man, that it has a picture window on his soul. The left still thinks it can lead a popular uprising – that the people are out there, just waiting for a down-with-capitalism, single-payer-health-care, we-could-be-as-great-as-North Korea message – hungry to be led to the collectivist Big Rock Candy Mountain by activists who’ve never come closer to blue-collar types than reading the ruminations of Karl Marx – a man who never once set foot on a factory floor. “Progressives Say American Dream Movement Rivals Tea...

Dear MoveOn member, "Can liberals start their own tea party?"1 That was a Washington Post headline on Friday—and it's a good question. Last week, green jobs visionary Van Jones introduced a new organization focused on progressive economic solutions: Rebuild the Dream. Rebuild the Dream is joining with organizations including MoveOn, the AFL-CIO, SEIU, the Campaign for Community Change, and many more, to launch a new effort to build up a people-powered movement to counter the influence of the tea party. The first step for this emerging American Dream movement is creating our own blueprint for fixing the economy—an all-new Contract...