LIberals are the Majority?

Did ya ever think that we, the Progressives, the Liberals, were actually in the Majority? I sure didn’t. Felt kind of lonely out here in Liberal Land. Turns out, what we believe: Universal Health Care; A living Minimum Wage; Universal Child Care; The rights of all citizens to their privacy, their choice of partner, their choice of Religion, their choice of affirmative action; their choice of support and fairness from their own government. These are opinions that are shared by most Americans.

Corrupt, Incompetent and 'Off Center' By Eric Alterman The Nation
07 November 2005 Issue

“…In a May survey published by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, 65 percent of respondents said they favor providing health insurance to all Americans, even if it means raising taxes, and 86 percent said they favor raising the minimum wage. Seventy-seven percent said they believe the country "should do whatever it takes to protect the environment." A September Gallup Poll finds that 59 percent consider the Iraq War a mistake and 63 percent agree that US forces should be partially or completely withdrawn…”

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“Nevertheless, extremist right-wingers, including a few apparent criminals, enjoy a stranglehold on our political system and media discourse. And so the majority views of the American people are treated with contempt by pundits and politicians alike..”

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“… Now, fourteen years later, political scientists Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson have published an equally illuminating investigation into the underlying dynamics of our present political predicament. Off Center: The Republican Revolution and the Erosion of American Democracy demonstrates just how badly Americans are served by media that accept the fundamental frame put forth by far-right Republicans. Did you know, for instance, that according to all available evidence, Americans have not grown more conservative in recent decades? (Judy Woodruff just stated that myth as a "fact" on The Colbert Report.) And what about the fact that in the 2004 election "moral issues" like gay marriage actually benefited Kerry, not Bush, by producing turnout? (In "What's the Matter With What's the Matter With Kansas?" Princeton professor Larry Bartels draws similar conclusions.)…”