Clinton outlines progressive plan

Former President Bill Clinton shared steps for young progressives to build a movement and told them to be tough during a campus progressive conference this week in Washington, according to a report on Alternet. (View speech).

Clinton shared his insights about the fundamental nature of the modern world, progressive values, the role of government and what changes progressives need to make in their tactics. (Hint: be tough, stop whining, speak from the heart, and talk to the so-called red America.) (Alternet).

At the conference, which was sponsored by our friends at the Center for American Progress, Clinton told about 600 students:

"You don't have to wait until your party is in power to have an impact on life at home and around the world. This ain't supposed to be easy, and you have to work at it. I promise you our adversaries work at it." (Washington Post).