Center-Left State Think Tank In Embryonic Stages
By Kleinheider Posted on July 13, 2009 at 8:07 amLongtime political operative Mark Brown, most recently of the Cammack for Governor campaign, tells Post Politics that he has been in preliminary discussions regarding the formation of a center-left think tank “dedicated to promoting progressive initiatives in Tennessee.”
It is hard to say how “real” the effort is as Brown says it is too early for him to disclose with whom these discussions have been with and what kind of financial backing the project would have at its disposal.
Nonetheless, it is an interesting prospect. Brown describes the Bredesen-centric project thusly:
“A growing number of centrist progressives in Tennessee believe our viewpoints are not being fully communicated in Tennessee’s currently polarized political environment. We want to continue building on Governor Bredesen’s work, even after he has left office. Among other initiatives, we want Tennessee to continue improving education through programs like Pre-K and we want to continue to make the state a leader in the creation of green economy jobs.”
“We are deciding how we can best accomplish these goals and how we can best improve the communication of centrist progressive ideas in Tennessee.”
Tags: Center-left, Mark Brown, Phil Bredesen, think tank
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Anytime you hear the words “Bredesen” and “progressive” in the same sentence, everyone should suspect foul play.
Simply put, this seems like an effort to stymie attempts at getting a REAL progressive think tank in the state by sucking all the air - and money - out of the room.
Too early to tell, but its hard to imagine Mark Brown connected to anything - or anyone - that fits the label “progressive”. Unless you’re talking about Brown’s new weasel word - “centrist progressive”, which seems to be the Bredesen model of appeasing big business at the expense of the working class.
Geez, spaz, talk about attacking an idea before you’ve heard anything about it. I’d like some details about this group.
What’s this you throw out about a “real” progressive think tank in Tennessee? What? Moveon.org moving on to Crossville?
Spaz is the whiniest little bitch.
Brownie, if you ain’t legalizing marijuana and mandating taxpayer-funded gay marriages at the county courthouse, you ain’t “progressive” to Spaz.
The constant carping about Bredesen from some of my far-left friends on this blog gets tiresome. As this release points out, the man has built a nationally praised Pre-K program and the Pew Center ranked Tennessee third in the country in clean energy jobs.
Maybe they can do their thinking in the bunker.
Pre K is another useless program that steals money to buy votes.
We are becomeing an entitlement society.
@ IDGAF - as i live and breathe… an issue we might finally agree on. Pre K is not the panacea it is touted to be, and it is a huge drain on education budgets that need to be beefed up in no small way at the High School and College Prep level.
Pre-K should only be for the most disadvantaged, certainly not a given for all. We are already letting some stay in high school until 20 yrs. old. At this rate we’ll have all children 2-20 on the free education roles. It’s “for the kids” is so old it’s become a very tired joke by all.
The “Advantage” Pre-K gives childern is 6 months.
After 6 months of Kindergarden, The Non-Pre-K students, are performing as well if not better than the Pre-K attendees
Only a conservative could be moronic enough to argue that education is a bad thing.
Go teabag and let the adults get on with improving this state.