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October 2006 (v17, no10)


Cover illustration by Tom Tomorrow Download Issue PDF By The American Prospect Staff Features The Way of the Hammer Sam Rosenfeld Democrats have been outraged by Tom DeLay's tactics. But if they take back the House, the lesson to learn from him is this: Hyper-partisanship can be good for the party of government. Special Report A Slight Oversight Robert Kuttner Congressional investigations of the executive branch have been sandbagged by the White House and its allies on Capitol Hill. Can the Democrats revive a lost art? A Speech We'd Like to Hear Matthew Yglesias What any Democrat should say about Iraq. Desperation Time Michael Tomasky This will be the third consecutive election in which the Republicans wrap themselves in 9-11. Expect the worst. Mommy Dearest? Reva Siegel and Sarah Blustain As South Dakotans prepare to vote on the nation's most draconian abortion law, they're hearing a frightening argument: that the state must “protect” women from abortion by forcing them to bear children. The Test Case Race Jim McNeill In Ohio, Sherrod Brown is running for the Senate as Thomas Frank's dream candidate. Can economic populism vanquish culture and terror in a red state? Whatever It Takes Harold Meyerson Tennessee's Harold Ford and Pennsylvania's Bob Casey may not be running campaigns to swell liberal breasts. But they're clearly doing what's necessary.	Columns Political Earthquake Ruth Rosen Reluctant Radicals Mark Schmitt The blogosphere vs. the wonkosphere: strong echoes of Morningside Heights in the late 1960s. The Man in Me Ezra Klein Thinking About the Government Robert Kuttner It's difficult to redress economic inequality and insecurity without activist government. Culture & Books After the Fall of the Right E.J. Dionne Ideas, ideas, who's got'em? Bruce Reed, Rahm Emanuel, George Lakoff, Paul Waldman, Thomas F. Schaller … Do This for Mom Ann Crittenden Authors of the left and the right agree that U.S. policies are failing mothers and families. Agreement ends there. How Ambitious Can We Be? James M. Lindsay Two new books -- one by Michael Lind, the other from Anatol Lieven and John Hulsman -- describe a new foreign policy. Unfortunately, new isn't necessarily better. The Spirit of '56 J. Hoberman Liberal baby boomers cherish the notion that 1968 was the year that America got interesting and weird. Nonsense -- 1956 had it all, man. Departments October Issue PDF The American Prospect Staff Up Front The American Prospect Staff Dispatches Anger Mismanagement Laura Rozen The House's most erratic member, Curt Weldon, may finally hit a wall. College Dropouts Brendan Mackie and Benjamin Weyl The campaign to reform the Electoral College actually gains ground. Mr. Blackwell's Designs Marie Cocco The voting mess in Ohio may be even worse than it was in 2004.

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