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The Cost of Corruption Campaign: the Defining Issue discussed at Take Back America 2006.

Master of Ceremonies: Arianna Huffington, Author, Columnist, and co-Founder and Editor of the HuffingtonPost.com remarks robert L. Borosage, Co-Director, Campaign for America's Future Roger Hickey, Co-Director, Campaign for America's Future Reading Excerpt of Message from James K. Galbraith. Honorees Bernard Rapoport America's Future lifetime Leadership Award Presented by the Honorable Tom Harkin and Gloria A. Totten. America's Future Progressive Champion Award Presented by Cecile Richards and Angelica Salas. Paul Wellstone Citizen Leadership Award Presented by the Honorable Hilda Solis and Maria Elena Durazo (2003 Wellstone Award Honoree).

"Our one biggest idea, the one that makes us Democrats, is not to stand for selfishness but to stand for the common good." (Sen John Kerry) ... Senator John Kerry addresses Take Back America 2006 by calling for the need to "end the war in Iraq that weakens the nation each and every day we are in it", and then discussing the ideas underpinning the democratic Agenda for the Common Good.

Take Back America 2006 plenary addressing the need for (and prospects to build) an agenda for the common good of ALL Americans. Speakers: Michael Tomasky, Editor, The American Prospect, and author, Party in Search of a Notion Barbara Ehrenreich, author, Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America Representative Mel Watt, D-NC, Chair, Congressional Black Caucus.

Take Back America 2006 panel addressing the emergence and growing influence of the progressive blogosphere. Panel: Glenn Greenwald - Unclaimed Territory (Moderator) Chris Rabb, Afro-Netizen Jerome Armstrong, Co-author, Crashing the Gate: Netroots, Grassroots and the Rise of People-Powered Politics Matt Stoller, MyDD.com Liza Sabater, Culture Kitchen Christy Hardin Smith, Firedoglake.

Take Back America 2006 panel addressing the Bush administration's failed response to Hurricane Katrina, and where progressives are working to address still outstanding needs. Panel: Oliver Thomas, President, New Orleans City Council; Tanya Harris, Lead Organizer for the Lower 9th Ward, ACORN New Orleans Chapter; Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Hip Hop Caucus and Institute for Policy Studies; Wyatt Closs, Director, SEIU Community Strengths Division

Robert Borosage kicks off Take Back America 2006.

Senator Russ Feingold speaks at Take Back America 2006.

Senator Harry Reid speaks at Take Back America 2006.

"We believe in a government that empowers people to live their own dreams." (Sen. Hillary Clinton) Ö Senator Clinton kicks off day two of Take Back America 2006 by speaking to a Democratic Agenda for the Common Good.