Fair Elections Now Fair Elections Now
The recent Supreme Court Citizens United campaign finance decision is a dramatic assault on American democracy, giving corporations the ultimate authority over elections and govern...
Feb 18, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
What Ever Happened to Candidate Obama? What Ever Happened to Candidate Obama?
The Blue Dogs have gotten into his head.
Feb 18, 2010 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The Cut Man: On Taylor Branch The Cut Man: On Taylor Branch
Taylor Branch and a president's prodigious appetite for vindication before the bar of history.
Feb 18, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Chris Lehmann
Texas Hold ’em, Tea Party Style Texas Hold ’em, Tea Party Style
Debra Medina has come from nowhere to threaten a runoff in the GOP gubernatorial primary.
18 Million Jobs by 2012 18 Million Jobs by 2012
The Obama administration's jobs proposals are on the right track, but the scope is nowhere near large enough for the crisis we face today.
Feb 18, 2010 / Feature / Robert Pollin
Is This the Next Indiana Senator? Is This the Next Indiana Senator?
The Nation picks the top six candidates most likely to succeed Indiana's Sen. Evan Bayh.
Feb 17, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Bye Bayh, Hello Mellencamp? Bye Bayh, Hello Mellencamp?
Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel proposes rocker John Mellencamp as a successor to Evan Bayh and considers the likelihood of a Republican majority.
Feb 17, 2010 / MSNBC
President Palin? Don’t Make Hillary Clinton Laugh President Palin? Don’t Make Hillary Clinton Laugh
America will have a woman president. But it is not likely that the first one will be Sarah Palin.
Feb 17, 2010 / John Nichols
After Bayh, Less Bipartisanship Needed After Bayh, Less Bipartisanship Needed
So Evan Bayh, the Senate's poster boy for bipartisanship, is, in the immortal words of the Jackson 5, "goin' back to Indiana." The senator explains, "There is too mu...
Feb 16, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Four Plans to Finish Off the Filibuster Four Plans to Finish Off the Filibuster
Nation DC Editor Christopher Hayes discusses the ways that Democrats could get rid of the filibuster.
Feb 16, 2010 / The Rachel Maddow Show