Thursday, February 20, 2003
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Major American liberal voices

Ralph Nader, consumer rights activist, author and former Green Party presidential candidate

Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Democratic congressman from Ohio, co-chair of the Progressive Caucus, possible 2004 presidential candidate

Sen. Russ Feingold, Democratic senator from Wisconsin

Sen. Ted Kennedy, Democratic senator from Massachusetts

Bernie Sanders, independent congressman from Vermont

Jimmy Carter, former president of the United States

Michael Moore, independent filmmaker, author of Stupid White Men

James Carville, "Crossfire" co-host and author of We're Right, They're Wrong: A Handbook for Spirited Progressives

Lisa Simpson, cartoon character on "The Simpsons"

Molly Ivins, syndicated columnist

Jim Hightower, radio and print commentator

Paul Krugman, New York Times political columnist and Princeton economist

E.J. Dionne, Washington Post political columnist and author of Why Americans Hate Politics and They Only Look Dead

Robert Scheer, Los Angeles Times political columnist

Joe Conason, Salon.com columnist

Alexander Cockburn, syndicated columnist

Barbara Ehrenreich, essayist, author of Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America

Al Franken, comedy writer, performer and author of Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot

Noam Chomsky, lecturer and linguistics professor at M.I.T.

Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States and professor at Boston University

Gore Vidal, novelist and essayist

Michael Parenti, author and lecturer

Eric Alterman, writer for The Nation

Robert Reich, author, commentator and former U.S. Labor secretary

Jesse Jackson Jr., Democratic congressman from Illinois

Arianna Huffington, L.A. Times and Salon.com columnist

Phil Donahue, MSNBC talk show host

Compiled by Geoff Schumacher