Roll Call on PLAN

Roll Call Newspaper has a big profile on the rollout of the Progressive Legislative Action Network (PLAN). It's a pretty good piece that describes what we're going to do, and what challenges we face from conservatives.

Here are some excerpts:

"The idea is to seed simultaneous policy efforts in the states, providing legislators with model bills that can be passed with minor adjustments essentially anywhere. Organizers hope this strategy will generate momentum and help refine tactics. If that plan seems familiar, it is: It’s what the staunchly conservative American Legislative Exchange Council has been doing for the last three decades...

"Sirota and Doherty say they’re undeterred by the challenge of beating ALEC at its own game. They argue that it’s a perfect time to start organizing and energizing left-of-center state legislators. With the Democratic Party shut out of power in the White House and on Capitol Hill, why not head to the states to create the basis for a future renaissance? "I think we’re facing a problem, that the Democratic Party apparatus in Washington is dominated by Washington, D.C., elites," said Sirota, who has relocated to Doherty’s home state of Montana. "Frankly, our side as a whole will never succeed unless we really get out and use our grass-roots people and our state leaders."

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