The first thing I noticed about the list is, #2 leaves out nuclear. There’s no practical way to gain the energy we need solely by “renewable sources”, especially if we need so many wind turbines that “they spoil my view” becomes too widespread (and yes, this is a serious NIMBY-style “problem”).
On the other hand, why aren’t we aggressively marketing small solar-panel chargers for cellphones and MP3 players?
Because it’s greener to plug them into the outlet in the wall. Solar panels take a lot of energy to make, and especially for the small, cheap, portable ones, they’re not very efficient. They’re good for things that would be inconvenient to connect to the grid (the extreme example being satellites, but possibly also rural cabins and the like), but for things that are easy to connect, there’s no benefit.
It all depends on whether the left can get as angry and motivated as the Tea Partiers.
To No. 10, “Strengthen Democracy,” I would add instant-runoff voting, electoral fusion, and proportional representation.
While I would agree that those would all be good things (though we could do better than IRV, if we’re reforming the voting system), I’m not sure that they belong in a document like this. The purpose of this document is to gather all the progressives together by laying out a set of points that are widely agreed-upon. Once we’ve gotten those taken care of, then we can start discussing the next steps.
I don’t think any progressive would object to multipartisan-friendly reforms – and including them might even attract non-progressive third parties to offer some moral support.