Paul Wellstone – Professor, community organizer, and US senator, Wellstone was a leader of the progressive wing of the Democratic party. Discussion includes grassroots politics, the frustration with the mainstream media to take progressives seriously, finance campaign reform, and the viciousness of the American political campaign. (The Boschwitz letter is discussed, accusing Wellstone of being a "bad Jew" for marrying a Gentile and not raising his children in the Jewish faith).

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