2006 Campaign: Bentley vs. Saturn

Vermont's Independent Congressman Bernie Sanders has been barnstorming the state holding town meetings about the problem of poverty in America. The meetings are bringing out hundreds of people - a good sign on the eve of his 2006 U.S. Senate run. Sanders commitment to these issues (which rarely get talked about in the corporate-owned U.S. Senate) is the cover-story subject of the new issue of In These Times magazine. Check it out here.

Another good sign for Sanders is his potential opponent, corporate executive Rich Tarrant, who is making news driving around his exotic new Bentley sports car. Last I checked, Sanders still drives a beat up Saturn. And in many ways that car contrast really tells the bigger story. If Tarrant is the GOP nominee, this will be a race between a wealthy fat cat and a common man of the people. That's the kind of contrast every progressive candidate for office should want.