A great group for Progressive Change is looking positively back at 2014, so should we! [View all]

...As we leave 2014, let's be proud of what we did together...

PCCC Top Ten

1. We Won Progressive Victories Everywhere:

We enter the new Congress with more partners than ever. Bold progressives won early primaries against corporate Democrats -- electing Senator Brian Schatz in Hawaii, and Representatives Bonnie Watson Coleman in New Jersey, Ruben Gallego in Arizona, and Ted Lieu and Mike Honda in California.

These bright-blue districts will be represented by real progressives! And we helped elect great progressives to the Senate and House in November. (Read our full 2014 Elections Report.)

2. We Called Out The Vote:

Thousands of national volunteers signed up to Call Out The Vote (COTV) together. Together, we made over 4 million phone calls to voters in key races.

We were the only national call program of this scale that worked directly with campaigns -- so they could use the data we collected, making our work twice as effective.

Our calls helped key progressive champions like Al Franken and Jeff Merkley win re-election to the Senate -- and helped Rep. Rick Nolan in Minnesota win one of the tightest House elections.


P100 field trainees working on a project.

3. Our Infrastructure Worked:

We've been developing infrastructure to support thousands of progressives up and down the ballot, and it's beginning to pay off.

This cycle, we trained over 600 candidates, campaign managers, field directors, finance directors, and communications directors, from Iowa to Florida to New Hampshire.

And our special technology for campaigns helped support over 150 candidates.

If you're considering a run for office in the next several years, let us know here.



4. We Love Zephyr Teachout!

We were proud to be the only national group to support this feisty anti-corruption expert when she challenged New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary, because being a Democrat should mean something.

Zephyr ran an insurgent campaign on a bold economic message, attacking corporate monopolies that hurt consumers.

She won a shocking 35% of the vote -- exceeding all expectations and making her a rising star.

Our COTV program made 500,000 calls, and PCCC members donated nearly $50,000 to Zephyr.

5. We Gained Momentum For Campaign Finance Reform:

PCCC members donated nearly $200,000 to Harvard Professor Lawrence Lessig's new Mayday Super PAC -- dedicated to campaign finance reform.

And the PCCC was commissioned by Mayday to manage a multimillion-dollar effort that made one of the most corrupt and powerful House Republicans, Energy Chairman Fred Upton, scramble for his political life after selling out to Big Oil.

We also helped our allies deliver over 3.2 million petition signatures to the Senate to overturn Citizens United.

Net Neutrality



6. Big Movement On Internet Freedom:

The fight rages on for a free and fair Internet.

The FCC chairman proposed rule changes that would create an Internet "fast lane" for big corporations and a "slow lane" for everyone else.

We jumped into action along with our allies, collecting 150,000 signatures in opposition to the proposed new rules. Our activism was so effective, it got a shout-out during a White House press conference.

President Obama has now come out publicly on our side -- and the big idea of making the Internet a public utility like water, equally accessible to all, is seen as credible.

Senator Warren and Stephanie



7. Elizabeth Warren's Power Grew:

Senator Elizabeth Warren was the most popular Democratic campaigner in red, purple, and blue states.

After the election, she won a Senate leadership position -- and won even more influence by fighting Wall Street and calling for Citigroup to be "broken into pieces."

The PCCC coined the term "Elizabeth Warren wing" of American politics, which has been mentioned hundreds of times by The Washington Post, New York Times, MSNBC, and others -- and by us directly in The Hill, The Nation, and on C-SPAN.

Warren wing economic populism is on the rise.

8. We're Leading The Charge For Big Ideas:

After the election, we argued in editorials and interviews that Democrats lost because the Party didn't stand for big ideas that would improve millions of people's lives -- like affordable college, better jobs, or real retirement security.

Now, our sister organization, the Progressive Change Institute, is running the Big Ideas Project -- a crowdsourced platform to allow all of us to nominate and vote for big ideas that over 30 members of Congress will consider.

Over 1,800 ideas have been submitted and nearly 500,000 votes cast. Vote today!


New members of Congress with Adam and Stephanie at our PCCC policy briefing.


9. We're Organizing New Members Of Congress:

We recently held a progressive policy briefing for incoming members of Congress -- the first of its kind during freshman orientation.

Experts presented bold ideas in 2 minutes or less on big ideas like jobs for all, expanded Social Security benefits, fair taxation, fair trade, and clean energy.

National polling will soon show that these ideas are popular across the spectrum.

( Support more progressive briefings for Congress in 2015.)

10. We're Preparing For 2016:

We already sent our first organizer to the early presidential primary state of New Hampshire.

We're building a coalition of local unions, Democratic leaders, and activists who will push all Democratic presidential candidates to embrace Elizabeth Warren's big economic populist ideas.

It's smart politics and smart policy.


^^^This is a copy of an email to me from PCCC, but it can also be found here http://boldprogressives.org/2014/12/pcccs-top-ten-highlights-of-2014/

We should applaud this group & support them as well. Bring it on 2015!!