On "Meet the Bloggers" Friday, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said that there is a "collapse" of the middle class and that nothing short of a revolution will be needed to reverse it.

"What we really need is a political revolution in this country," Sanders said, beginning with countering the corporate media spin on what is happening in the economy.

New economic reports bolster Sen. Bernie Sanders' argument that many of the economic remedies being proposed aren't bold enough. He explains why in today's Meet the Bloggers program.

Global Insight, a U.S. consulting firm, forecast this week that China would overtake the United States as the leading global manufacturer in 2009. That deserves more attention, because American workers need real answers from the next president on the policies they will espouse that will produce real jobs and boost our economy.

The outlook for prescription drug costs, and for health care costs generally, continues to be ominous. Price increases of more than 100 percent for certain prescription drugs means it is more important than ever to give the Medicare program the power to bargain with drug companies for the best price, so that seniors and taxpayers don't bear an unfair burden because of these price hikes.

While the public is profoundly disenchanted with the state of the economy and have soured on conservative economic policies, progressives still have the challenge of coming up with the right message that convinces voters that progressive solutions are better. In this podcast, pollster Celinda Lake and Emory University psychology professor Drew Westen discuss that challenge, which is being tackled by the Making Sense 2008 economic "war room."

Sen. John McCain says advocating steps such as proper tire inflation to save fuel "is not an energy plan, my friends — that's a public service announcement" — much like a public service announcement in Bush Sr.'s administration.

New economic reports bolster Sen. Bernie Sanders' argument that many of the economic remedies being proposed aren't bold enough. He explains why in today's Meet the Bloggers program.

Global Insight, a U.S. consulting firm, forecast this week that China would overtake the United States as the leading global manufacturer in 2009. That deserves more attention, because American workers need real answers from the next president on the policies they will espouse that will produce real jobs and boost our economy.

The outlook for prescription drug costs, and for health care costs generally, continues to be ominous. Price increases of more than 100 percent for certain prescription drugs means it is more important than ever to give the Medicare program the power to bargain with drug companies for the best price, so that seniors and taxpayers don't bear an unfair burden because of these price hikes.

While the public is profoundly disenchanted with the state of the economy and have soured on conservative economic policies, progressives still have the challenge of coming up with the right message that convinces voters that progressive solutions are better. In this podcast, pollster Celinda Lake and Emory University psychology professor Drew Westen discuss that challenge, which is being tackled by the Making Sense 2008 economic "war room."

Sen. John McCain says advocating steps such as proper tire inflation to save fuel "is not an energy plan, my friends — that's a public service announcement" — much like a public service announcement in Bush Sr.'s administration.

Sam Zell, an idiosyncratic real estate magnate and the man becoming known for gutting the Tribune newspaper chain, is also about to become notorious as a tax evader — a legal tax evader, anyway — and a symbol of how rich people game the system. Does John McCain think this is OK?

Wal-Mart's war against workers has reached a new low, based on information published in Friday's Wall Street Journal.

If Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives go forward with a floor vote to hold ex-White House chief of staff Karl Rove in contempt of Congress, a petition drive spearheaded by Brave New Films, People for the American Way, the Campaign for America's Future and other groups says, in effect, "More than 127,000 people have got your back."