A week or so ago – Halloween weekend, actually – The New York Times stepped up its holiday spirit with a very scary story. The kind you tell while aiming a flashlight at your face.

Wellstone Action's work is all about helping new waves of progressive leaders-leaders who reflect our values--win elected office and start turning this country back around. 

Last month I wrote about the 2010 legislative and governor takeovers in many states by conservative forces. They've wasted no time pushing their ideologically extreme agenda. Count on the forces to overreach, as they've already begun to, and invite a backlash by a public that does not buy in to their radical agenda.

I've been looking closer at the results of the 2010 elections, especially at the state legislative level.

The conservative movement is significantly upping its investment in building the skills of activists and candidates.  This is a clarion call to the progressive movement to match the other side's commitment to building leaders!