I don't know much about New Labor, but the Democrats aren't progressive at all - at least, not by my subjective definition. I guess anyone's take on 'progress' is just what he wants to happen, right?
New Labour are like the New Democrats slightly more rightwing then the Old labour or in the Dems place the Progressive Majority but (olny the Dems) more left wing than the small rightwing groups.
Your trying to simplify the meaning of Socialism course than we can always turn to RedStar2k
"I guess you folks can see why I called it an "attempt" to define "socialism"...it's a far fuzzier term than communism." - RedStar2000