Burned by Astroturf
07.08.08 -- 4:10PM
By David Kurtz
Over at TPMCafe, David Sirota takes up a favorite TPM topic -- astroturfing -- and explains how it's a symptom of what he calls "autocratic progressivism," which emphasizes a top-down structure versus true grassroots organizing. Jared Bernstein responds by pushing for progressives to do both: [W]e've got to think on both bottom-up and top-down tracks."



