Getting out the vote: The Hatfield Valley (Mass.) Advocate spotlights Thom Hartmann, who is using a comic book titled We the People to teach uninformed voters a lesson in political history:

"But is We the People the much-needed handy tool to bring the radical Middle out of the fog of misinformation the remakers of democracy have brought to America? Will it make Aunt Gladys and Uncle Mervyn in smalltown Middle America into proud populists who can look past divisive social issues to realize that democracy itself is at stake, no matter their conservatism or liberalism? The answer is a resounding maybe."