So, I’m checking in on the Campaign for America’s Future conference in the nation’s capitol. We’re at the Washington Hilton, also known in popular lore as the Hinkley Hilton (for those who need the reminder, John Hinkley took his best shot at Ronald Reagan here). The Washington Post’s Dana Milbank weighs in today (registration required) with a piece that says that Democrats are united in their opposition to Bush. Democrats have warred before, “But this time, centrists and liberals have called a temporary truce because of their shared battle against President Bush.”

Ran into an old pal here, Steve Cobble, who’s behind a new effort called After Downing Street.org which “is a coalition of veterans’ groups, peace groups, and political activist groups, which launched on May 26, 2005, a campaign to urge the U.S. Congress to begin a formal investigation into whether President Bush has committed impeachable offenses in connection with the Iraq war.” They are basing the call on the newly-released documents out of the United Kingdom which outlines the untruths that lead to the Iraq war.

Ouch, Nancy Skinner, a talk show host, is shouting here on Radio Row, a nice little site-up (learned from the right) from which liberal radio talk show hosts have been broadcasting (the photo here shows Alex and Laura of TomPaine.com busily posting to the site). “Forget the culture wars. We don’t care if the Ten Commandents are on the Capitol Building. We want jobs,” she bellows. Okay, Nancy, we hear you. Later on, I’ll be on an old friend’s show, Arnie Arneson, who ran for both Congress and Governor of New Hampshire–we’ll be talking about the current state of play in the debate over the future of labor.

Later today, I’ll bring you some thoughts from my friend Gloria Totten, executive director of Progressive Majority. PM is doing phenomenal work in recruiting and training a progressive “bench” of future elected leaders.