Robert L. Borosage | The Nation

Want to know the real differences between the candidates? Listen to what they say about the economy.

Campaign '08 is heading for a great debate: Will individualized plans or a broad public guarantee of coverage replace our broken corporate system?

Will the Supreme Court declare banks immune from liability for their role in the Enron debacle?

Under Bush, the right has failed to address energy independence. Can Democrats rise to the challenge?

This should be a time for vision and bold ideas, yet caution is the order of the day--and activist voters are demanding more.

As election day approaches, don't expect a reasoned discussion of
economic policy between the two parties. A barrage of
quips and one-liners have taken the place of detail and fact in
political debate.

Given the scope of conservative ruin, how do progressives seize the day? Start by challenging entrenched interests and ideology, and support candidates and causes while curbing the interests of big money.

The Gulf Coast hurricanes could dislodge decades-long conservative
domination of US politics, but only if Democrats offer an alternative
vision of government and society to voters.

Congress and the President went home this week with the President on a
roll.

The boldness of Bush's ambition is matched only by the wrongheadedness of his priorities.