Nation Topics - Barack Obama | The Nation

Despite Obama's unquestionably varied record, progressives can't afford four years under a Romney-Ryan presidency. 

Both would rather talk about anything but Wall Street’s financing and control of both parties.

Whatever disappointments progressives have with Obama's first term, we have a profound interest in the popular rejection of the Romney/Ryan ticket.

The stakes in 2012 and beyond.

What a principled counterattack campaign against the GOP would look like.

Where their interests overlap, progressive politics can thrive.

In a second Obama term, we must organize to win a new social contract for a new economy.

While preventing a Republican triumph is imperative, we should have no illusions about Obama.

In this election and after, we need to write a new story for our changing nation that places care and connection at the center.

In the contest that comes after November, Obama will be on the wrong team.