I've watched Lou Dobbs for more than 8 years . . I remember when he was a quiet, boring money man at CNN. I remember when he left and then came back . . . .the transformation has been awesome.


Secret Life of Lou Dobbs
By Luke Mullins
From the Magazine: Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Filed under: Public Square

Why did the influential CNN business anchor undergo an abrupt metamorphosis from corporate sycophant to fire-breathing populist? LUKE MULLINS found the surprising answer in Rupert, the hardscrabble Idaho town where Dobbs grew up.

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Frank McCall certainly didn’t need any more problems, not this year. But as he looked out over his vast fields of brilliant green row crop, he could feel the walls closing in around him. Fuel costs are just outrageous, and seem to get worse every day. Potato prices, on the other hand, dropped so low that McCall had to quit growing them altogether. Then there’s the new Clean Air Act requirements, which will add thousands of dollars to the cost of new tractors—not that McCall can afford one. And Congress? “They’re a bunch of arrogant, overpaid fools,â€