The beat-Bush brigades.(America Coming Together)

Nation, The, April, 2004 by Nichols, John

The Bush presidency has not been kind to Ohio, where 230,000 jobs have been lost over the past three years. That's particularly true in the eastern part of the state, where the steel industry is hemorrhaging jobs, and hope. "There's a lot of anger, a lot of frustration. Our challenge is to channel that anger and frustration into the election this fall," says Jess Goode after a day of knocking on doors in Canton. Goode was working with the "Steel Canvas," a voter registration and mobilization initiative organized by America Coming Together (ACT), the most prominent of a network of activist groups intent on beating George W. Bush. "If we can get these people back into politics, I think we can do a lot more than win one election," Goode says. "We can get this country back...

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