Making Sense

A PROGRESSIVE GUIDE TO KITCHEN TABLE ISSUES

Making Sense provides a common-sense progressive argument on basic kitchen-table concerns—jobs and the economy, new energy, health care, education and retirement security—and on pressing challenges of this day—Iraq and real security, and immigration. On this page you will find links to hot facts, sample anecdotes and stories, glimpses of where Americans are and resources for deeper analysis that will arm you for the debate over the future direction of our country. We summarize how conservative ideas and policies have helped create the mess we’re in today and describe a progressive way out of the hole.

Bookmark this page and check back regularly to get easy access to both the main Making Sense document and new information and arguments that will help in the effort to discredit conservatism and chart a new course for America.

Read the Introduction to Making Sense.

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• Talking Points — Quick ways to frame the issues
• Pro v. Con — Right-wing mantras and ways to rebut them
• Fast Facts— The statistics that support our case
• Public Pulse— Polls that show where the public stands
• News Headlines— Articles about our issues
• Progressive Voices— What leading columnists, bloggers and experts think

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• An Economy that Works
• New Energy for America
• Health Care for All
• Quality Education
• Retirement and Social Security
• Out of Iraq to Real Security

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• Introduction
• An Economy That Works
• New Energy for America
• Fair Trade
• Rebuilding America
• Health Care for All
• Quality Education
• Retirement Security
• Out of Iraq to Real Security
• Immigration: Values and Sense

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