Election Tea Leaves
John Nichols : Gubernatorial Campaigns & Elections
What did we learn from the off-year elections?
Campaigns & Elections
Subsections:
2009
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Slide Show: The Nation's 2009 Elections
The Nation uncovers interesting trends, rifts and potential problems progressives will need to confront in future elections.
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GOP Shuns Palin; Will Obama Help Dems?
The Rachel Maddow Show
Nation blogger Melissa Harris-Lacewell on the GOP's love/hate relationship with Sarah Palin, and Democratic dynamics since Obama's victory in 2008.
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Fair Elections Now!
Nick Nyhart & David Donnelly
The moment is ripe for major campaign-finance reform.
2008
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Religion Threatens '08 Presidential Race
Rev. Howard Moody : Separation of Church & State
We need a new national dialogue to untangle the triumphalist Christian story line that has wrapped itself around our political discourse.
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Turning Point in the Gang Crisis
Will the missing issues of gangs, poverty, dropouts, the inner city and policing redefine the presidential debate?
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What Makes Denver Different
The Nation's Ari Melber explains why the Democratic National Convention will be a game-changer.
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Dispatch from Minnesota: Al Franken v. Norm Coleman
By campaigning in the tradition of his hero, Paul Wellstone, Al Franken may have triumphed over the biggest threat to his candidacy--voter skepticism.
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Hillary's Iran Insanity
How did Hillary go from being simply hawkish on Iran to becoming completely hellbent on its destruction?
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Fidel Castro, the First Superdelegate
The retired Cuban dictator has played a vital role in every U.S. presidential election for the last fifty years.
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The People's Ball
Nicholas von Hoffman : Barack Obama
How Saul Alinsky would plan Obama's inauguration, and his government.
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Talking to Nader
The independent candidate discusses Obama, healthcare, and why the heck he's running.
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Obama vs. Clinton--What Now?
Katrina vanden Heuvel : US Politics & Government
Nation editor and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel debates Pat Buchanan on the cost of war, and why The Nation supports Barack Obama.
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Superdelegates 101
Ari Berman & VideoNation : US Politics & Government
The Nation's Political Correspondent breaks down who these "superdelegates" really are, and what they could mean to the Clinton/Obama race.
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The Choice
Christopher Hayes & VideoNation : US Politics & Government
On the eve of Super Tuesday, The Nation's DC editor explains why he thinks Barack Obama is the better choice to build a real progressive majority.
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South Carolina, What Could Have Been?
Stephen Colbert : Presidential Campaigns & Elections
Inspired by The Nation's intrepid reporting, Stephen Colbert asks what would have been if he'd stayed on the South Carolina ballot.
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Dirty Tricks, South Carolina and John McCain
Undone in South Carolina by the Bush campaign's dirty tricks in 2000, John McCain now turns to the man who smeared him.
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