A No-Issues Contest A No-Issues Contest
"We're in a war of ideas!" So declared Bill Barry, chairman of the Nashua, New Hampshire, Democrats, when he enthusiastically introduced Senator John Edward...
Jan 26, 2004 / Capital Games / David Corn
The Populists of New Hampshire The Populists of New Hampshire
There is the Angry Populist, the Calm Populist, the Polite Populist, the Executive Populist, and the Radical Populist. That's who racing across New Hampshir...
Jan 24, 2004 / Capital Games / David Corn
A Dud of a Debate A Dud of a Debate
The New Hampshire Democratic presidential debate was supposed to be the Super Bowl of the primary season face-offs. It was--only in that it was long...
Jan 23, 2004 / Capital Games / David Corn
Bush’s Defiant State of the Union Bush’s Defiant State of the Union
"No one can now doubt the word of America." That's what George W. Bush told the United States and the world public in his State of the Union address...
Jan 21, 2004 / Capital Games / David Corn
IOWA: Ten Talking Points IOWA: Ten Talking Points
1. It's not the movement, it's the man. Voters vote for a person, not the forces he or she unleashes. Howard Dean did birth a movement of sorts. It...
Jan 20, 2004 / Capital Games / David Corn
Powell Retreats on Iraq-al Qaeda Link Powell Retreats on Iraq-al Qaeda Link
What's wrong with the Democrats in Washington? Why has presidential candidate Howard Dean, who was an establishment sort of Democrat as governor of Vermont,...
Jan 16, 2004 / Capital Games / David Corn
Bush’s WMD Case Weakens Further Bush’s WMD Case Weakens Further
When will George W. Bush say, "We were wrong on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction"? The evidence--or lack of evidence--continues to mount suggestin...
Jan 8, 2004 / Capital Games / David Corn
Never Apologize, Never Explain Never Apologize, Never Explain
Never apologize. Never explain. Never concede. Many politicians--and many Homo sapiens--live and die by these words. But the Bush clan has emblazoned them o...
Dec 24, 2003 / Capital Games / David Corn
Saddam Gone Saddam Gone
It is not unheard of for good to come from bad. George W. Bush misled the United States into war and occupation. His administration was recklessly negligent...
Dec 15, 2003 / Capital Games / David Corn
Fox News’ Occupation Critic Fox News’ Occupation Critic
Fox News Channel is considered by many to be pro-Bush, pro-war, and pro-occupation. Yet one of the harsher critics in the media of the Bush administration's...
Dec 4, 2003 / Capital Games / David Corn