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- ↑ Christopher Hayes, Can the Democrats Win the Ground War at Home?, The Nation (November 30, 2005).
- 1 2 3 Steve Greenhouse, Political Director of Labor Federation to Quit Post, New York Times (August 5, 2002).
- ↑ Matt Bai, The Way We Live Now: Machine Dreams, The New York Times (August 21, 2005).