Progressive Party Positions
Progressive Party of Oregon says:
Compare the Positions of the Parties
January 1, 2010
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DEM |
REP |
Progressive |
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Oppose Wall Street bailouts |
NO |
NO |
YES |
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Single Payer health care |
NO |
NO |
YES |
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Same-sex marriage |
NO |
NO |
YES |
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End the drug war |
NO |
NO |
YES |
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$10 minimum wage |
NO |
NO |
YES |
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Cut military spending |
NO |
NO |
YES |
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Oppose use of mercenaries |
NO |
NO |
YES |
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End wars of aggression |
NO |
NO |
YES |
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Oppose NAFTA; outsourcing |
NO |
NO |
YES |
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Oppose FISA; civilian spying |
NO |
NO |
YES |
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Oppose offshore drilling |
NO |
NO |
YES |
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Clean energy; no nuclear |
NO |
NO |
YES |
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Real campaign finance reform |
NO |
NO |
YES |
There was the Progressive Party. The People are back.
Progressive Party Nominates Candidates for 2010
Submitted by info on Thu, 08/26/2010 - 16:03
The Progressive Party of Oregon has nominated the following candidates for the November 2010 general election:
Oregon State Treasurer: Walt Brown
U.S. Senate: Rick Staggenborg
U.S. Congress, 1st District: Chris Henry
U.S. Congress, 3rd District: Michael Meo
U.S. Congress, 4th District: Peter DeFazio
U.S. Congress, 5th District: Chris LugoProgressive Party Sues Secretary of State to Preserve Party Labels on Ballots
Submitted by info on Tue, 08/31/2010 - 05:14
On August 30, the Progressive Party of Oregon, Working Families Party of Oregon, and State Senator Larry George (R) filed suit in Marion County Circuit Court to stop the Secretary of State from dramatically altering Oregon's general election ballot by removing from it all party names next to the names of candidates.
Progressive Party Voter Pamphlet Statement
Submitted by info on Thu, 08/26/2010 - 16:48
We are very different from the Establishment parties. |
Rick Staggenborg's Voters Pamphlet Statement
Submitted by info on Thu, 08/26/2010 - 16:20
Occupation: Physician
Occupational Background: Psychiatrist, US Army Medical Corps, Medical Director of a County Mental Health Agency, Veterans Administration (VA) psychiatrist and Acting Associate Chief of Staff for Mental Health Services for the Roseburg VA Health Service Center. Currently serving as a volunteer for the national council of the Alliance for Democracy and founder of Soldiers For Peace International.
Educational Background: Woodrow Wilson High School, Portland State University (BS in Psychology and Biology), Oregon Health Sciences Center (completed residency training at the University of New Mexico).
Prior Governmental Experience: No elective office, but extensive familiarity with Federal government bureauocracy through my work with the VA. * * *
Progressives and the Buffalo
Submitted by Philip on Tue, 08/24/2010 - 15:22
Progressives: American Buffalo - The Spirit of America:
As Buffalo were the lords of the prairie, Progressives were once the lamplighters of the dawn of a revolution that brought constitutional representative democracy. This constitution brought together ideas from enlightenment along with concepts found in tribal co-operative agreements of the The Constitution of the Five Nations - or - The Iroquois Book of the Great Law. In it, you will find close parallels to our Executive, Legislative and Judiciary branches of government as originally described in our U. S. Constitution.
Progressive Party Nominating Meeting
Submitted by info on Mon, 08/09/2010 - 00:04
The nominating meeting will take place at 7:00 pm August 19 at:
320 SW Stark Street
Suite 200
Portland
Nominations may include all federal, state, and local partisan offices.
Progressive Party of Oregon's Voter Registration Drive Maintains Party's Right to Nominate Candidates
Submitted by info on Wed, 08/04/2010 - 23:32
The Progressive Party of Oregon has preserved its right to nominate candidates for the November 2010 general election by growing from zero members in October 2009 to over 1,800 members today.
Anyone who wishes to run as a candidate of the Progressive Party should Consult this Page.
The organization began as the Peace Party in 2008. After party organizers filed well over the 20,000 voter signatures required to create a minor party in Oregon, the Party nominated Ralph Nader for President in 2008.
In September 2009, the Peace Party changed its name to the Progressive Party, because "Progressive" more accurately reflects the party's positions on social justice, consumer advocacy, environmental protection, and worker's rights, in addition to its dedication to peace. Unfortunately, the Oregon Legislature demands that, when a minor party changes its name, it loses its entire membership. Since then, the Progressive Party has rebuilt its membership to over 1,800 members. Because Mr. Nader received more than 1% of the vote in an Oregon statewide contest in 2008, the Party needed to achieve 1,380 registered members by August 4.
The Party will consider nominating a variety of candidates for the November 2010 general election.
Independent Party of Oregon Announces Winners of Historic Online Primary
Submitted by Philip on Fri, 07/30/2010 - 20:09
Linda Williams, chair of the Independent Party of Oregon, and Dan Meek, Senior member, along with former Chair of the Federal Election Assistance Commission and current Chief Elections Officer of Everyone Counts Inc. Paul DeGregorio, announced the results of the Independent Party of Oregon's historic internet primary this evening in Portland, OR.
Forbes Columnist Calls for Fusion Voting
Submitted by info on Fri, 05/14/2010 - 17:46
Why Third Parties Can't Compete
by Bruce Bartlett
May 14, 2010
In a NBC/Wall Street Journal poll released on May 12, 83% of Americans said there are serious problems with our two-party system. Many have repeatedly said that they want more choices than just those offered by the Republicans and Democrats. Unfortunately, the Constitution essentially makes third parties unviable. But there are still ways we could improve politics without upending a system that has on balance worked pretty well for more than 200 years.
. . . One option I have long favored for giving third parties more influence without the necessity of changing the Constitution or abandoning the two-party system would be fusion voting. Under such a system, third parties could cross-endorse major party candidates and have their votes aggregated. Such a system has long operated in New York, which has a Conservative Party, Liberal Party and many others. Oregon has recently adopted this system as well.
"Two-party system is broken, third party needed" says 31 percent of Americans
Submitted by info on Thu, 05/13/2010 - 12:59
A recent poll conducted by NBC News and the Wall Street Journal shows that 31 percent of Americans believe that the two party system is "seriously broken, and the country needs a third party". The same poll suggests that 40 percent of Americans view themselves as political independents.