The following was penned by my colleague Eric Lotke, about the new Campaign for America's Future/Media Matters for America report he co-authored, "The Progressive Majority: Why a Conservative America is a Myth." With thousands of Americans coming to Washington, DC next week for the Take Back America conference, hosted by Campaign for America's Future, this report will help guide conference participants as they collaborate on how to transform last year's historic election victories into concrete and lasting change for the common good. -- Bill

The facade of conservative political dominance is crumbling. The disintegration runs deeper than public disaffection with the Bush administration's catastrophic failures and is more fundamental than the political realignment of the 2006 election. The notion of America as a "conservative nation" was always more fiction than fact, but the nation's rejection of President Bush's brand of "you're-on-your-own" conservatism and wedge-issue divisiveness is so broad that today the facade is simply unsustainable.

An exhaustive review released today of decades of public opinion research by the Campaign for America's Future, using the most reputable, nonpartisan sources, leads to a simple conclusion: America is more progressive than people think--or, more precisely, than the conventional wisdom would lead them to believe. From the economy to social issues, terrorism to trade, Americans want politicians who recognize that we're all in it together.

After Sen. Barack Obama released his highly anticipated health care plan on Tuesday, there was a flurry of blog reaction, led by The American Prospect's Ezra Klein and The New Republic's Jonathan Cohn - both whom argue that Obama's plan falls a step short of achieving universal coverage.

But the Obama campaign is further elaborating on the plan, and stating otherwise. Over at the Campaign for America's Future blog, Obama '08 health care adviser and Harvard economics professor David Cutler posts that, "All Americans will be covered automatically under this plan. And the resources are set aside in the plan to do whatever is necessary to guarantee affordable coverage for every American."

For the details, check out Cutler's post at the Campaign for America's Future blog -- which will be giving all the presidential campaigns the opportunity to elaborate on their health care proposals, so we can have a healthy health care debate on how to bring about affordable, quality coverage for all.

In one of Sen. Harry Reid's first radio addresses after the Democratic victories in November 2006, he said the new majority's first guiding legislative principle was "bipartisanship"; Democrats "intend to reach out to President Bush and our Republican colleagues in Congress." The Democrats' last guiding principle would be "results," because "it's time Democrats and Republicans worked together to achieve results."

Four months into the new Congress, how's that game plan working out?

There's not a lot of results. And you can blame all that attempted bipartisanship.

Time and time again, Democratic leaders have sought to accommodate the conservative Republican minority and craft compromise legislation. And in almost every case, it has led to bad or no results.

Tomorrow, a Senate vote is expected to try to break a planned filibuster against a bill empowering Medicare to negotiate for lower drug prices. CQ Today reports that Senate leaders are "just short" of the needed 60 votes, and the final outcome remains uncertain.

With the pharmaceutical companies flooding Washington with dishonest ads and an army of lobbyists, if we are to beat back the filibuster, your Senators need to hear your voice now.

Campaign for America's Future has an action page where you can easily write your Senators and tell them, "Side with the people, not the big drug companies."

In the wake of yesterday's important Supreme Court ruling on climate change, we can't forget that the global warming deniers still have friends in the White House.

Remember that last year, the Supreme Court told the White House to respect the Geneva Conventions. The White House responded by passing the Torture Bill, thumbing its nose at the slow-moving judicial process.