Obama shows pragmatic side as president Oct 30, 2009
"He did run with the promise that he would be bipartisan, and Lord knows, he tried," says Roger Hickey of the liberal group Campaign for America's Future. Republicans say they opposed Obama's costly stimulus plan and health care proposal because the country can't afford to keep spending at a dizzying rate. (USA Today)
Obama says he's just getting warmed up Oct 29, 2009
Roger Hickey of the liberal Campaign for America's Future says giving the more power to regulate banks is like "putting the banks in charge of the banks." House leader says taxes proposed to pay for health care would hit the middle class. Obama's predicament is illustrated by the two-year, $787 billion package of tax cuts and spending increases passed in February. (USA Today)
Stealth Socialism Oct 25, 2009
The public option was conceived by leftist organizations such as the Campaign for America's Future years ago because polls showed the American people liked private health insurance and would never go for a direct government takeover. Ex-Sen. (Investors Business Daily)
Deal with it, liberals Sep 25, 2009
"Lord knows the president has tried for bipartisanship," said Roger Hickey, co-director of the liberal Campaign for America's Future. "Lord knows they've reached out the hand of bipartisanship -- and the Republicans have bitten it off." If the 60 Senate Democrats all hold together and vote down GOP attempts to filibuster the bill, a progressive approach could still pass. (Salon)
Sen. Brown: Climate bill can't pass without aid to manufacturers Sep 23, 2009
Temporary assistance will be needed to prevent American manufacturing jobs from relocating to India and China in order to address Rust Belt lawmakers' concerns about the climate bill, Brown said in a conference call organized by the liberal Campaign for America's Future ... "And while Robert Borosage, the president of the Campaign for America's Future, on Tuesday called for a second round of stimulus spending, Brown said it was still to early to say whether a new package would be needed ... (TheHill.com)
ObamaCare: Dem Senator Warns of 'Big, Big Tax' on Middle Class... Sep 17, 2009
Rockefeller made his comments on a conference call with reporters which was sponsored by the liberal Campaign for America's Future. Rockefeller, who sits on the Finance Committee, said that he cannot support the Baucus bill unless it receives major improvements during the amendment process. (The Drudge Report)
Unhealthy Taxes Sep 17, 2009
During a conference call with reporters on Tuesday organized by the liberal Campaign for America's Future, finance committee member Rockefeller warned that "the tax will be put on the company and the company will immediately pass it down" to its policyholders. Rockefeller was especially worried about higher health premiums for coal miner constituents, for whom health coverage is a grave concern. (Investors Business Daily)
Health care foes compete to frame Kennedy's legacy Aug 30, 2009
"There is going to be a battle over his legacy on health care," said Roger Hickey of the liberal Campaign for America's Future. Despite Republican contentions that honoring Kennedy means compromise, he said, "No one wants to pass a half-measure in tribute to Ted Kennedy. ... There will be a stronger push to pass comprehensive health care reform because of (his) passing.". (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
Key Dem Calls Party Moderates "Brain Dead" Aug 28, 2009
Thursday's call was hosted by the liberal group Campaign for America's Future to release a report making the case for a strong new public health insurance plan to compete with private insurers as part of any health overhaul legislation. Health care legislation introduced in the House included a public plan with payment rates to providers modeled on Medicare rates. (CBS News)
Senators aim for streamlined health plan Aug 23, 2009
"You start pulling these things apart, and suddenly it can all unravel in terms of policy and politics," said Roger Hickey, head of the liberal group Campaign for America's Future. If lawmakers try to cut costs by abandoning the goal of universal coverage or by trimming plans to provide federal aid to people who can't afford insurance on their own, "then the political support dries up and it's bad policy as well.". (MSNBC -- Politics)
Making The Case For Co-ops Aug 20, 2009
Schmitt, writing from a left-of-center perspective, notes the following: "One key player was Roger Hickey of the Campaign for America's Future. Hickey took UC Berkley health care expert Jacob Hacker's idea for "a new public insurance pool modeled after Medicare" and went around to the community of single-payer advocates, making the case that this limited "public option" was the best they could hope for. Ideally, it would someday magically turn into single-payer. And then Hickey went to all the... (CBS News -- Politics)
Seeds Of Socialism Aug 20, 2009
As American Prospect Executive Editor Mark Schmitt notes on his magazine's blog, Roger Hickey of the leftist Campaign for America's Future (CAF) as early as 2007 "went around to the community of single-payer advocates" selling the public option as a ruse. Hickey pointed out in a New Jersey speech, for instance, that "the hard reality, from the point of view of all of us who understand the efficiency and simplicity of a single-payer system, is that our pollsters unanimously tell us that large... (Investors Business Daily)
** Netroots Nation 2009 Straw Poll Results ** Aug 16, 2009
for the Pennsylvania Democratic Senate nomination, according to a straw poll at this year's Netroots Nation convention conducted by the Campaign for America's Future and Democracy Corps ... This year's conference marked the second year that Campaign for America's Future and Democracy Corps conducted a straw poll at the Netroots Nation bloggers convention ... CAMPAIGN FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE & DEMOCRACY CORPS. (PR Newswire)
New Case Study on Pittsburgh to Set The Scene for Major National Gatherings Coming to the City Aug 11, 2009
will join United Steelworkers president Leo Gerard and Campaign for America's Future co-director Robert Borosage on a conference call with reporters on Tuesday to release a new report about the city's progress and implications for the nation. Participants on the call will release a new report by the Campaign for America's Future that details how Pittsburgh's businesses and state and local governments worked together on an industrial plan that is reviving the city and offers a model for how the... (PR Newswire)
Some need public option Aug 6, 2009
Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, will join health care expert Jacob Hacker and Campaign for America's Future co-director Roger Hickey on a conference call Thursday morning to brief reporters on a new analysis that shows why the country needs a robust national public health insurance plan with the leverage to compete against private insurers, rein in costs and make health care affordable for all. Hacker's paper argues that, during the crucial start-up period, the public health insurance plan should be able... (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Sneaky media harms America with its bias Jul 25, 2009
Turns out that Perlstein is a far-left zealot who blogs for a liberal site called "Campaign for America's Future." He lists one of his "interests" as "conservative failure.". In 2007, Perlstein wrote: "I've just become a proud Fox (News) attacker. Now, you can, too. It's not a boycott. It's simply calling advertisers and informing them what Fox says. Fox can't survive that.". (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Insurers Spin Data to Fight Public Plan Jul 23, 2009
Campaign for America's Future http://www. ourfuture. (CBS News -- US)
Marginalizing Sarah Palin Jul 19, 2009
Turns out that Perlstein is a far-left zealot who blogs for a liberal site called "Campaign for America's Future." He lists one of his "interests" as "conservative failure." In 2007, Perlstein wrote: "I've just become a proud Fox (News) attacker. Now, you can, too. It's not a boycott. It's simply calling advertisers and informing them what Fox says. Fox can't survive that.". So Newsweek hired a far-left loon to do a hit piece on Palin, conservatives and Fox News, and did not inform its readers... (Townhall.com)
7 comments Jun 26, 2009
The magnate's financial fingerprints are all over the HCAN coalition, which includes MoveOn, the action fund of the Center for American Progress (a Soros think tank) and the Campaign for America's Future (a pro-welfare state lobbying outfit). HCAN has a $40 million budget, with $10 million pitched in by The Atlantic Philanthropies -- a Bermuda-based organization fronted by Soros acolyte Gara LaMarche. (Human Events Online)
Liberal groups say they will spend $82m to push through healthcare legislation Jun 2, 2009
"Progressives are fired up and excited about the possibility of what could be the greatest era of progressive reform since 1960," said Richard Borosage, codirector of the Campaign for America's Future. "We do this with the wind at our back.". (Boston Globe)
Thousands of Progressives To Gather This Week To Forge 'America's Future Now' Jun 1, 2009
WASHINGTON, May 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Energized by last year's elections and more organized and unified than ever, thousands of progressive leaders and activists will gather at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington this week for the Campaign for America's Future's "America's Future Now" conference, formerly known as "Take Back America." ... 10 a.m. White House economist Jared Bernstein and Campaign for America's Future co-director Robert Borosage join other progressive leaders to open... (PR Newswire)
Campaign for America's Future Applauds Introduction of National Infrastructure Development Bank Act May 21, 2009
WASHINGTON, May 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Campaign for America's Future today cheered the introduction of the "National Infrastructure Development Bank Act of 2009," by Reps ... CO-DIRECTOR, CAMPAIGN FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE ... The Campaign for America's Future report, "The Investment Deficit in America," is available at. (PR Newswire)
A message war the Republicans won Apr 6, 2009
org and the Campaign for America's Future have spent heavily in pressuring moderate Democratic lawmakers to support Obama's plans, especially members from purple districts, who have political reasons to buck the president. White House aides say there's a fundamental disconnect between Washington's focus on the dangers of spending and what Obama needs to do to get the economy moving. (Salon)
More Texans could go to college under Obama plan Mar 29, 2009
An additional 20,069 students in Texas would receive Pell Grants if lender subsidies are cut, according to a new report released Friday by the Campaign for America's Future ... "Family incomes and college grants haven't kept pace with soaring tuition costs," said Robert Borosage, co-director of Campaign for America's Future. (San Antonio Business Journal, TX)
With friends like these, who needs Republicans? Mar 26, 2009
The Campaign for America's Future is organizing a "Dog the Dogs" campaign to call conservative Democrats and. Another group, Americans United for Change, is running TV ads targeting selected Democratic lawmakers. (Salon)
Campaign for America's Future Urges Support for Employee Free Choice Act Mar 11, 2009
WASHINGTON, March 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Campaign for America's Future today issued a statement in support of the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), introduced today by Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, and Representative George Miller (D-CA), the chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee. STATEMENT OF ROBERT BOROSAGE, CO-DIRECTOR, CAMPAIGN FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE ... SOURCE Campaign for America's Future. (PR Newswire)
Robin Hood Republicanism? Feb 27, 2009
David Sirota is a fellow at the Campaign for America's Future. Find his blog at OpenLeft. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Progressive Leaders at White House Summit Today Underscore Need for Health Care Reform Feb 24, 2009
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Campaign for America's Future co-director Roger Hickey, Economic Policy Institute president Lawrence Mishel and Center for Economic and Policy Research co-director Dean Baker released the following joint statement after participating in President Obama's summit today on the nation's future financial health ... SOURCE Campaign for America's Future. (PR Newswire)
Anti-Stimulus Protests Sprout Up Feb 21, 2009
"These protests are probably ideological rather than practical," said Robert Borosage, co-director of the Campaign for America's Future. "As the crisis gets worse and people look for jobs and the (stimulus) money starts moving out . . . people will be grateful.". (Investors Business Daily)
Obama's Bipartisan Aura Dims Over Stimulus, Gregg Withdrawal Feb 14, 2009
Robert Borosage, co-director of the liberal Campaign for America's Future, replied, "The process has been politicized because we have done a consistently and purposefully bad job of counting residents of cities.". Critics also say the stimulus bill's welfare provision undermines Obama's centrist claims. (Investors Business Daily)
From John Judis Feb 14, 2009
A member of one liberal group, Campaign for America's Future, the stimulus bill "a darn good first step." MoveOn--as far as I can tell--has conservative Republicans for opposing the bill, while lamely urging Democrats to back it. Of course, all these groups may have thought the stimulus bill and the bailout were ideal, but I doubt it. (Harper's Magazine)
Addicted to fake outrage Feb 13, 2009
Creators Syndicate Inc. David Sirota is a fellow at the Campaign for America's Future. Find his blog at OpenLeft. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
'PATRIOT' GAMES Feb 12, 2009
Robert Borosage, head of The Campaign for America's Future (which calls itself "the strategy center for the progressive movement") echoed the sentiment in a statement blasting opponents of the plan: "The overwhelming majority of conservatives chose partisanship over patriotism.". It seems like only yesterday that Obama and liberals - including me - were chastising the GOP for playing this game. (New York Post -- Opinions)
