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Ideas for a New Century

DLC | Blueprint Magazine | October 7, 2004
The Case Against Bush

VOLUME 2004, No. 4
TABLE OF CONTENTS

EDITOR'S NOTE
by Peter Ross Range

Cover Story

BUSH'S FAILED PRESIDENCY
by Al From and Bruce Reed
If John Kerry closes the presidential campaign with a strong New Democrat message, Bush won't be able to dodge the hard facts of his record in office. Plus:

Politics 2004

OFF COURSE
by Will Marshall
President Bush's foreign policy is steering America in the wrong direction -- and making us less secure.

HEAD TO HEAD ON THE ISSUES
by Paul Weinstein Jr. and Eben Gilfenbaum
A handy primer on Bush's term in office, and Kerry's plan for the future.

MOOSE ON THE LOOSE
by Marshall Wittmann
Bush had a chance after 9/11 to create a bold new politics of national purpose that would make Teddy Roosevelt proud. But he blew it. A modern Bull Moose progressive now finds common cause with Kerry and Edwards.

BUSH'S PARALLEL UNIVERSE
by Ed Kilgore
According to President Bush's delusional happy talk, all's pretty much right with the world. He must be living in a galaxy far, far away.

BROKEN FAITH
by Anne Kim
Bush promised a broad revolution in social policy, with his faith-based initiative as its centerpiece. He hasn't delivered.

HOOKS & BULLETS
by Jan Mazurek and Andrew J. Rotherham
The nation's sportsmen are strident Republicans, right? Assume nothing.

SPECIAL REPORT

IT'S STILL THE ECONOMY, STUPID
by Roger Altman, Robert J. Shapiro, and Gene Sperling
Bush administration economic and fiscal policies have left the nation with anemic job growth and ballooning deficits. Democrats have alternatives that can reverse the trends and produce both growth and progressivism. Plus:

Columns

Political Memo by Al From
Strong and wrong
The Vital Center by Bruce Reed
Bush's other war
The Politics of Ideas by Will Marshall
Putting ideas last
What Works by Sen. Tom Carper
Biodiesel
Cultural Politics by Peter Ross Range
Nader's nadir

Culture & Politics

ASLEEP AT THE NUCLEAR SWITCH
by Fred Siegel

BOOK EXCERPT:
NUCLEAR TERRORISM
by Graham Allison

CULT OF VICTIMHOOD
by Ed Kilgore

RIGHT-WING ECHO CHAMBER
by Peter Ross Range

EMPTY ECONOMICS
by Robert D. Atkinson