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COVER/Robert Borosage, James Carville & Stan Greenberg p. 1
The meltdown election
EDITORIAL p. 2
Populists keep fighting
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Drug-price pudding; Political nastiness ’06; Nobel Prize for greed; Rebels in newsrooms; Citizen challenges empire; invaders from afar.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Separating wheat from nuts
DISPATCHES p. 5
Hill steep for GOP in ’08 ; GOP fights lower college costs; Third parties struggled; Ballot problems persist; CIA ops watched RFK hit ? ...
CARL N. McDANIEL p. 6
Our salvation: abiding by limits
ART CULLEN p. 6
Harkin pushes for biofuels, conservation
THOMAS D. ROWLEY p. 6
Upcoming heavyweight bout over farm bill
GENE LYONS p. 7
Borat: cultural Rorschach test
CALAMITY HOWLER/A.V. Krebs p. 7
Words to chew on
JOHN BUELL p. 9
Election ’06: Rise of centrist Democrat?
MAX SAWICKY p. 9
What is a populist?
MARGIE BURNS p. 10
Democracy requires participation
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 10
Early advice for ’08ers: beware consultants
JOHN NICHOLS p. 11
Pelosi was right on Murtha
CYNTHIA HALL CLEMENTS p. 11
Texas is tough on the innocent
RYAN O’DONNELL p. 11
Presidential mix and match
SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL p. 12
All the father’s men
ALISA GRAVITZ p. 12
12-step plan for climate action
MARGY WALLER p. 12
Why I’m not celebrating yet
JOE CONASON p. 13
Sen. Webb, true conservative?
JON MARGOLIS p. 13
Western GOP has a few things to crow about
MUCKRAKER/Amanda G. Little p. 14
How green will Congress be?
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
War backers face music
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Baby go home
GENE C. GERARD p. 15
Limiting family planning for the poor
LABOR TALK/Harry Kelber p. 15
Labor expects action from Democrats
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Democracy on the edge
LARA DELUZ p. 16
America’s other war: casualties at home
DAVID SCHMIDT p. 17
Day of the dead, ghosts of the conquered
KENT PATERSON p. 17
Social movements ignite across borders
AMERICAS/Roberto Rodriguez p. 18
Impeachment for dummies
ALEXANDER COCKBURN p. 18
Head for the exit, now!
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 18
Getting out while we can
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Outsmarting Karl Rove
TED RALL p. 19
Owning the torture society
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Music comes home to politics
J. QUINN BRISBEN p. 20
Milton Friedman, free market ideologue
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 21
40 states is plenty
MEDIA BEAT/Norman Solomon p. 21
Media Groundhog Day
DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 21
Amtrak’s time has arrived
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 21
Black Friday sonnet
MOLLY IVINS p. 22
Now they’re all bipartisan; Thanks. No, seriously; Farewell, Rummy.
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Your hopefuls for 2008
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