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Evangelicals and Rural Americans Are Breaking Big for Obama By Robert S. Eshelman, Tomdispatch.com A mass defection from the Republican Party may be underway in counties that were once GOP strongholds. Call it the reverse Bradley Effect. Read more »   Help AlterNet continue to expose the facts on Palin! As the 2008 election comes down to the wire, AlterNet is operating at full throttle. We are covering it all, from the sleaze to the inspiration, from voter suppression to the shocking nomination of Sarah Palin. In fact, we've probably organized more information on this woman than anywhere else on the web. And in the past two months, over 3 million people have come to AlterNet to read about the pratfalls and far-right ideas of McCain's VP choice. Now is the home stretch. But because of the global financial meltdown, our budget is quickly shrinking just as we need to be going all out. Will you help us finish the year with a bang? We could really use your support. Much Thanks, Don Hazen, Executive Editor     The Dirty Secret Behind the Candidates' "Clean Energy" Proposals By Joshua Holland, AlterNet Many of the promises the candidates make on the stump would have trouble passing muster with the WTO -- that's the whole point of "free trade" deals. Read more »   A Solar Gold Rush Is Spreading from California to New Jersey By Dara Colwell, AlterNet With new solar-powered movie theaters and factories, the solar industry is exploding. But how far can it take us toward a clean energy future? Read more »   How the Economy Is Affecting Your Sex Life By Vanessa Richmond, The Tyee Softening up, going down, losing firmness -- it seems sex and the economy have more in common than language. Read more »   Patients v. Big Pharma: Supreme Court to Decide Landmark Case By Niko Karvounis, Health Beat Should patients have the right to sue drug companies for personal injuries from FDA-approved prescription drugs? Read more »   Why I Love Taxes -- And Most Americans Do, Too By Sally Kohn, Movement Vision Lab Conservatives talk about "starving the beast" of government. But given that government feeds and nurtures us, we'd only be starving ourselves. Read more »   How Much Damage Has Eight Years of Conservative Rule Done to Americans' Psyches? By Mark Klempner, AlterNet The Bush administration used a politics of fear to diminish our ability to think critically and to erode our capacity to love. Read more »   PEEK and Video: The hottest buzz and videos on the web     Obama Mocks Socialist Attacks: "I Shared My Toys in Kindergarten" By Steve Benen, Washington Monthly "By the end of the week, he'll be accusing me of being a secret communist because ... I shared my peanut butter and jelly sandwich." Read more »   The Pornograph-izing of Sarah Palin By Cara, Feministe Strip club look alike contests and the 'Nailin Palin' porno by Hustler are not in good fun. Read more »   More Pro-Voter Legal Decisions in Swing States By Steven Rosenfeld Pennsylvania ordered to provide emergency paper ballots while the Justice Department backs away from White House request to push for Ohio voter files. Read more »   Cruel California Ballot Initiative Seeks to Keep Elderly Prisoners Locked Up Longer By Heidi Strupp, New America Media Prop. 9 asks taxpayers to pay to incarcerate those who cost the most to confine yet pose the least threat to public safety. Read more »

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