Nancy Pelosi: The San Francisco liberal who took control of the House.
Al Gore: His post-Clinton reinvention.
Markos Moulitsas: The founder of DailyKos says serving in the Army made him a liberal.
Barack Obama: The junior senator from Illinois and the candidate with a Theory of Change.
Economists: James Galbraith takes a scathing look at the profession. Back in 2002.
George W. Bush: Our most dangerous president.
Robert Rubin: We picked a fight with him before it was fashionable.
Michael Barone: The curious politics of the man behind the Almanac of American Politics.
Ted Kennedy: The liberal champion of the poor and underprivileged.
Janet Napolitano: The head of Homeland Security created a workable, left-right coalition as governor of Arizona.
--The Editors
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