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Writing as a durn foreigner (Canuck), I have been waiting for signs of life from the American Left (not really all that far left, though). Franken is a welcome addition to the Michael Moore culture, but there still really needs to be more writers, thinkers, and activists. The right has been so much more imaginative, intelligent and downright active than the left.
The same thing has been going on in Canada for so long. Conservative think tanks (like our Fraser Institute - truly an impressive group) produce so much more research, attract so much more money, better researchers and more press attention than our teeny little progressive groups, like the Center for Policy Alternatives.
The only advantage for the Left is that the Right has been unchallenged for so long, they've grown lazy about their fact-checking. This advantage will only last for so long; eventually, the Left will have to come up with Big Ideas of their own to build on whatever momentum they have.
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