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Crashing the Gate

Netroots, Grassroots, and the Rise of People-Powered Politics

by Jerome Armstrong, Markos Moulitsas

Foreword by Simon Rosenberg

Table of Contents

FOREWORD

PREFACE

AMERICAN REALITY, CIRCA 2006

The Corporate Cons • The Theocons • The Neocons • The Paleocons • The Katrina Tragedy • How Did We Get Here? • Backlash Insurance • No Time to Lose

THIS AIN’T NO PARTY

Divided We Fall • "The Death of Environmentalism" • The Decline of Labor • A Woman’s Right to Lose? • New Campaigns, New Movement

THE GRAVY TRAIN

The Beltway Mafia • The Commission Racket • Old Ads, New Age • The Changing Media Landscape • Information-Age Campaigns • The Cost of Failure

LAYING THE GROUNDWORK

The Conspiracy Gap • The Idea Factories • The Noise Machine • No Investment, No Return • Real Income vs. Psychic Income • Seed Money

CIVIL WAR

The Dean Machine • The Resistance • The Rise of the Netroots

INSIDE THE GATE

Challenge Every Republican • The State Trenches • Taking Over • People- Powered Politics • Parting Line • Revolution and Reformation

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

NOTES

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