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 / Democracy Now!
Youth Vote Against Republican Tsunami by 19 Points Youth Vote Against Republican Tsunami by 19 Points
National exit polls of more than 17,000 voters show a remarkable trend: adults age 18–29 voted against the Republican Tsunami by sixteen points (56–40). Younger adult...
Nov 3, 2010 / StudentNation / Billy Wimsatt
Barbara Boxer Got More Votes than Ten Tea Party Senate Candidates Combined Barbara Boxer Got More Votes than Ten Tea Party Senate Candidates Combined
Tea Party candidates made big news, but they ran in small states.
Nov 3, 2010 / Jon Wiener
Stand & Fight Stand & Fight
With the election results in, it is time to stand and fight and fight for a real debate about ideas and for a small d democracy. The Nation is committed to that work, and to ens...
Nov 3, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Lessons of the Blue Dog Blowout Lessons of the Blue Dog Blowout
Why was the conservative Blue Dog Caucus sliced in half yesterday?
Nov 3, 2010 / Ari Melber
Marijuana Legalization Fails in California Marijuana Legalization Fails in California
Opponents included all the statewide Democratic candidates, and the Obama administration.
Nov 3, 2010 / Jon Wiener
Election Day Loss: ACORN Declares Bankruptcy Election Day Loss: ACORN Declares Bankruptcy
This is the final chapter in the long and winding right-wing witch hunt against an organization that stood strong for poor and working people.
Nov 2, 2010 / Greg Kaufmann
Election Night Primer: The Numbers to Watch Election Night Primer: The Numbers to Watch
Will the GOP get to 218 in the House? To 50 in the Senate? Where does Joe Biden fit in? What about governorships? Legislatures? Redistricting? The fate of the Republic? It's all he...
Nov 2, 2010 / John Nichols
Saudi Arabia: Key to Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Yemen, and Palestine? Maybe Saudi Arabia: Key to Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Yemen, and Palestine? Maybe
King Abdullah tries to broker an deal in Iraq, settle with the Taliban, solve the Fatah-Hamas divide and, yes, he's talking to Ahmadinejad, too.
Nov 2, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Follow Election Night Live with The Nation! Follow Election Night Live with The Nation!
Results, reactions, and analysis from Nation editors live throughout the night.
Nov 2, 2010 / The Nation