Over the course of the last several years, we have experienced the results of failed Republican policies. The subjugation of all other foreign policy objectives to national defense has created a situation where we are literally less safe for having our soldiers fighting abroad[1]. Lower taxes are bankrupting the government, leading to a wholesale crumbling of our roads and public buildings, public education, public health and safety, and even our national security[2] due to lack of maintenance. Smaller government, originally intended to improve efficiencies by moving supposedly bloated government programs to private industry, has created a government that is unable to perform its most basic duties, such as protecting its citizens and enforcing its laws. Freeing markets from strict federal regulation has resulted in the corruption of Enron and Adelphia Communications[3] as well as a massive increase in real poverty. And the focus on family values has produced a cultural environment that is singularly unfriendly to non-traditional families, scientific and medical research, and even immigration.

The rest of the piece outlines and then defines five policy points in the progressive agenda finishing up with:

Broadly speaking, the five policies outlined above - national authority, public investment, effective government, fair markets, and community involvement - represent the progressive answer to the failed Republican agenda and policies that have been in place since January, 2001.

Please, if you have time give it a read.

Well researched and documented ... highly recommended.