After a Tough First Midterm, Obama Faces a Classic Presidential Test After a Tough First Midterm, Obama Faces a Classic Presidential Test
First-term presidents often suffer midterm setbacks. The question is what Obama will learn from this one.
Nov 3, 2010 / John Nichols
Puzzle No. 1608 Puzzle No. 1608
This puzzle originally appeared in the November 22, 1975, issue.
Nov 3, 2010 / Frank W. Lewis
GOP Wave Capsizes Democratic Class of 2006 and 2008 GOP Wave Capsizes Democratic Class of 2006 and 2008
After so successfully mobilizing their supporters in 2006 and 2008, Democrats lost the message of change on Election Night.
Nov 3, 2010 / Ari Berman
What Do GOP Gains Mean for Healthcare? Abortion Rights? What Do GOP Gains Mean for Healthcare? Abortion Rights?
The most significant threats may come from the state level: Republicans picked up several governorships, and the Affordable Care Act requires the cooperation of states to set up...
Nov 3, 2010 / Lindsay Beyerstein
Commentary: Laura Flanders on the Midterm’s Real Winners Commentary: Laura Flanders on the Midterm’s Real Winners
The lesson? In a political climate of "sweep the bums out," there's always the matter of who gets swept in. And elected or not, there's still the question of how so ma...
Nov 3, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
Slide Show: Big Wins and Big Losses in Midterms 2010 Slide Show: Big Wins and Big Losses in Midterms 2010
Democrats suffered big losses last night, ceding more seats than either party had lost in midterm elections since Franklin Roosevelt. Republicans now have control of the Hous…
Nov 3, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Brazil’s First Lady Brazil’s First Lady
Dilma Rousseff has taken over from Lula’s legacy, which has helped put an end to the Washington Consensus.
Nov 3, 2010 / Kenneth Rapoza
Katrina vanden Heuvel on ‘The Colbert Report’: We Need a Party of Political Courage Katrina vanden Heuvel on ‘The Colbert Report’: We Need a Party of Political Courage
Watch Nation editor and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel on The Colbert Report, refudiating the hype surrounding the GOP's midterm sweep.
Nov 3, 2010 / Press Room
Election Roundtable: Breaking Down the Results on Democracy Now! Election Roundtable: Breaking Down the Results on Democracy Now!
Did the Tea Party set the agenda for last night's elections? Is the Blue Dog coalition done for? Nation contributors Richard Kim, John Nichols and Laura Flanders explain.
Nov 3, 2010 / Press Room
Economy, Not Health Care or Deficits, Drove Midterm Vote Economy, Not Health Care or Deficits, Drove Midterm Vote
This week’s Republican "tsunami" is textbook politics: voters united around, well, the same frustrations they had two years ago.
Nov 3, 2010 / Kai Wright