Reply #2: T Roosevelt began the progressive Party in the US

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Progressive_Party

There are many variations around the world, and the Progressive Party of Vermont is a very successful third party, though it is only active in one state. But the Progressive party in America began in 1912, no doubt about it.

I don't think the platform sounds anything like the Green party, nor does "Progressive" remind me of "Green."

You like the Democratic party platform, minus gun control? Thats fine.

I think we can do better than what the Democratic party has offered us, and am increasingly convinced that Buckminster Fuller is correct: "You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete."

A Progressive party, especially a Progressive Alliance party (drawing the best from the Democratic, Green, Libertarian, and Republican parties) would provide the model that would make the Democratic party obsolete.