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What Coakley's Defeat Means for Healthcare Reform (Healthcare Policy, Campaigns and Elections, Politics)

Healthcare is in jeopardy, but it's not dead--especially if Democrats drag their feet on swearing in Brown.

Lindsay Beyerstein
Coakley's Loss: Pie in the President's Face (Barack Obama, Campaigns and Elections, States, Senate, Politics)

Martha Coakley's loss in Massachusetts put on display the monumental miscalculations by which Obama has governed.

William Greider
What Massachusetts Got Right (Barack Obama, Healthcare Policy, Campaigns and Elections, Politics)

Obama's opportunistic search for win-win solutions to our healthcare concerns and our larger economic problems is leading to a lose-lose outcome for the president and the country.

Robert Scheer
The Nation Interviews David Plouffe (Barack Obama, Campaigns and Elections, The Left, Politics)

In an exclusive interview with The Nation, David Plouffe, former campaign manager of Obama for America, talks healthcare, messaging, and organizing after election day.

Ari Melber
Plouffe Counters Obama's Healthcare Critics (Barack Obama, Campaigns and Elections, The Left, Politics)

In an exclusive interview with The Nation, David Plouffe, former campaign manager of Obama for America, talks healthcare, messaging, and organizing after election day.

Ari Melber
Election Tea Leaves (US Politics, Gubernatorial Campaigns and Elections, Campaigns and Elections, Politics)

What did we learn from the off-year elections?

John Nichols
Slide Show: The Nation's 2009 Elections (Campaigns and Elections, Politics)
GOP Shuns Palin; Will Obama Help Dems? (Campaigns and Elections, Politics)

Nation blogger Melissa Harris-Lacewell on the GOP's love/hate relationship with Sarah Palin, and Democratic dynamics since Obama's victory in 2008.

The Rachel Maddow Show
Media Misses Mark on Truman's Election (Historical Events, Campaigns and Elections, Politics)

The only person in 1948 who thought Truman had a chance in 1948 was Harry, and even he wasn't all that convinced.

The Editors
Fair Elections Now! (Campaigns and Elections, Politics)

The moment is ripe for major campaign-finance reform.

Nick Nyhart and David Donnelly

Blogs

Mitt Romney's Biggest Asset: Shamelessness
Ben Adler

Why does Mitt Romney get away with such dramatic flip-flops? Because he feels no obligation to be consistent or explain his reversals.

September 28, 2011
What Rick Perry Would Do to Medicaid
Ben Adler

As governor of Texas and a candidate for president, Perry has proposed to turn Medicaid into a block grant program. That would be devastating for people with disabilities. 

September 26, 2011
The GOP Race to Eliminate Government Entirely
Ben Adler

As the Fox News/Google debate made clear, the Republican primary is devolving into an absurd contest over which candidate for government office will destroy government most.

September 22, 2011
Will Mitt Romney Take His Push for Credibility Too Far?
Jamelle Bouie

The path to the Republican nomination will require Romney to promise things that are anathema to mainstream voters.

September 21, 2011
Defeats in New York and Nevada Demand a Democratic Reset
John Nichols

The party needs to rethink recruitment, issues and its relationship with Obama's re-election campaign.

September 15, 2011
Elizabeth Warren Runs Against a DC That's 'Rigged for Big Corporations'
John Nichols

The consumer advocate's pitch-perfect populist message is exactly what Democrats need to say—and hear—in 2012.

September 14, 2011
Elizabeth Warren Runs Against a DC That's "Rigged for Big Corporations"
John Nichols

The consumer advocate's pitch-perfect populist message is exactly what Democrats need to say -- and hear -- in 2012.

September 14, 2011
Magical Thinking Dominates Tea Party GOP Debate
Ben Adler

Republican presidential candidates think economic and fiscal problems will be solved by magic instead of policies.

September 13, 2011
Magical Thinking Dominates Tea Party GOP Debate
Ben Adler

Republican presidential candidates think economic and fiscal problems will be solved by magic instead of policies.

September 13, 2011
Mitt Romney Releases Plan to Increase Unemployment and the Budget Deficit
The Notion

The candidate comes forward with a detailed economic plan that would hinder recovery and lower revenue. 

September 7, 2011
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