A progressive is a liberal under the age of 40.

A progressive is a liberal who wants to escape 40 years of republican bad mouthing of liberals.  And Democrats running in a general election.

A progressive is a reformer from the 1900 to 1920 period.  He/she may be either a Republican or a democrat or run as a third party candidate during that period.

A progressive is a liberal who is too chickenshit to accept the term liberal.

All of the above and ...

A progressive is someone who stands up for Universal Health Care.

A progressive is someone who stands up for human rights abroad and at home.

A progressive is someone who wants to make human dignity the central defining feature of civil society.

A progressive is someone who looks at policy and asks: "How will this affect society?" first, rather than, "How will this affect our fiscal balance?"

That, to me, is what progressive means.

A progressive is someone who supports common sense solutions to problems that promote equality and fairness for all. Often this entails taking on established and entrenched powers that be.

Somebody whose politics are more defined by social issues than economic issues, and is afraid to proudly call themselves Liberals due to all the right wing badmouthing of the name.

I am a liberal and a populist.