Progressives were soundly defeated.   Nader got less than 1% of vote.   Dean and Kucinich were jokes that didn't make it past Iowa.   Kerry abandoned his liberal record to run as a republicrat - a democrat predtending to be a republican.   After all, Kerry became a hawk about Iraq promising to send in 40,000 more soldiers if elected.

Hardly sounds like a progressive to me.   I wish you progressives would run as progressives and liberals instead of trying to pretend your centerists.    You have no soul, sell out all your values, and lose anyway.    At least if you tell people your honest and real positions as progressives, you will lose with dignity.