Cover Story

Finishing the Job
By Al From
We've begun our party's modernization; now let's complete it.

The Second Wave of Innovation
By Will Marshall
Democrats cannot afford to revert to old habits.

Mapping the Democrats' Fortunes
By Chuck Alston
State legislative and gubernatorial races will influence control of Congress.

The Great Pretender
By Ed Kilgore
Bush is the ally, not the scourge, of the conservative ideologues.

The New California
By Andrei Cherny
Demography is destiny in the Golden State.

Life of the Party:

One Hundred to Watch
Meet the New Democrat rising stars who are changing the face of American politics.

Departments

600 Pennsylvania Ave., S.E.

• Team Effort

Letters

• Kudos for Field Guide to Internet Policy Debates
• Gore Had Better Shape Up

Up Front

• DLC Leader Roy Romer Tapped to Head Los Angeles Schools
• Study Applauds Minnesota's Welfare-to-Work Program
• Cincinnati School Board Approves Performance-Based Pay for Teachers
• Improving Child Care Quality Through Report Cards
• Targeting City Services Through Computer Mapping
• Luring Private School Students Back to Public Education

Editorial

• Challenges and Opportunities

Book Excerpt

• The Reinventor's Fieldbook: Tools for Transforming Your Government, By David Osborne and Peter Plastrik.

Special Supplement

• The Hyde Park Declaration

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