Key Obama Adviser: “There’s Never Been a Time When We’ve Taken Progressive Action and Regretted It”

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Here to jump start your weekend is a “Quote of the Week,” taken from Jonathan Chait’s interview with longtime Obama adviser Dan Pfeiffer, who worked closely with president from the 2008 campaign until his resignation last week. Their conversation focused on the president’s embrace of liberalism in the face of a staunch GOP-controlled Congress. Pfeiffer’s choice quote:

Whenever we contemplate bold progressive action, whether that’s the president’s endorsement of marriage equality, or coming out strong on power-plant rules to reduce current pollution, on immigration, on net neutrality, you get a lot of hemming and hawing in advance about what this is going to mean: Is this going to alienate people? Is this going to hurt the president’s approval ratings? What will this mean in red states?

There’s never been a time when we’ve taken progressive action and regretted it.

Happy Friday!