Populists in the House Populists in the House
If the new Populist Caucus is to make a difference in Congress, its members must channel popular fury at Wall Street's amen corner on Capitol Hill.
Mar 11, 2009 / John Nichols
Reform Congress, Don’t Cede Power to the President Reform Congress, Don’t Cede Power to the President
President Obama expressed frustration with the $410 billion omnibus spending bill that he signed Wednesday, and rightly so. Packed with pork projects inserted by congressional Re...
Mar 11, 2009 / John Nichols
Let Limbaugh Hate, Let Kennedy Have the Last Laugh Let Limbaugh Hate, Let Kennedy Have the Last Laugh
Richard Nixon, when asked his opinion of an up-and-coming Texan named George Herbert Walker Bush, famously replied with casual disinterest, observing that Bush was alright as ambi...
Mar 7, 2009 / John Nichols
Tom Geoghegan’s Run Tom Geoghegan’s Run
Tom Geoghegan may not have prevailed at the polls, but he won the ideas primary.
Mar 5, 2009 / John Nichols
On Bush, Cheney Crimes: Seek Truth and Accountability On Bush, Cheney Crimes: Seek Truth and Accountability
Senate Judiciary Committee chair Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont, deserves credit for pressing ahead with his modest proposal to establish a truth and reconciliation commission to review...
Mar 4, 2009 / John Nichols
Geoghegan Loses an Election, But May Yet Win Battle of Ideas Geoghegan Loses an Election, But May Yet Win Battle of Ideas
Tom Geoghegan, the author whose big-ideas candidacy to fill White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel's Chicago congressional seat drew broad support from writers and liberal blogg...
Mar 4, 2009 / John Nichols
A Campaign. An Idea. A New Political Paradigm A Campaign. An Idea. A New Political Paradigm
CHICAGO -- "This is an election that is trying to set a paradigm for a progressive politics, post-meltdown candidacy," says Tom Geoghegan as braves lake-effect snow and diving tem...
Mar 1, 2009 / John Nichols
Hate Movie Night at the Capitol Hate Movie Night at the Capitol
Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders -- a politician whose penchant for over-the-top self promotion exceeds that of global past masters such as Binyamin Netanyahu, Tony Blair and J...
Feb 26, 2009 / John Nichols
Obama Offers a Comprehensive “Yes, We Can!” Obama Offers a Comprehensive “Yes, We Can!”
Barack Obama's not-a-State of the Union address sounded precisely like a State of the Union address, as the president offered a sober assessment of a recession that "is real and (...
Feb 24, 2009 / John Nichols
A Popular Obama Takes to the Bully Pulpit A Popular Obama Takes to the Bully Pulpit
What Barack Obama is going to deliver to Congress tonight is not -- repeat not -- a State of the Union address. But the president will make it sound like one. Obama will use the...
Feb 24, 2009 / John Nichols