The Doctor Who Cured the Democratic Party The Doctor Who Cured the Democratic Party
When Howard Dean, fresh off a bid for the Democratic presidential nomination that ended with a scream, announced that he would seek the chairmanship of the Democratic National Com...
Nov 11, 2008 / John Nichols
Obama’s Best Advice Will Come From Reich, Bonior Obama’s Best Advice Will Come From Reich, Bonior
Barack Obama appeared at his first press conference as the president-elect of the United States on a day of sobering economic news. Just hours earlier, the Department of Labor had...
Nov 7, 2008 / John Nichols
Obama’s Disappointing First Choice Obama’s Disappointing First Choice
House Minority Leader John Boehner and other Republican insiders in Washington are griping about President-elect Barack Obama's selection of Illinois Congressman Rahm Emanuel to s...
Nov 7, 2008 / John Nichols
The Big Sweep The Big Sweep
Obama's appeal helped the Democrats secure wide gains in the House and Senate.
Nov 6, 2008 / John Nichols
Rahm Emanuel: Face of Change? Rahm Emanuel: Face of Change?
Clinton's NAFTA-backing insider is in the running for Obama chief of staff.
Nov 5, 2008 / John Nichols
Barack Obama’s Many Majorities Barack Obama’s Many Majorities
"If I should need to name, O Western World, your powerfulest scene and show," wrote the poet Walt Whitman on the occasion of a distant election, "I'd name the still-small voice vi...
Nov 5, 2008 / John Nichols
What to Watch For What to Watch For
As the longest presidential campaign in American history finally concludes, polls tell us that Americans are hugely invested in the election that will be decided -- they hope -- t...
Nov 4, 2008 / John Nichols
The Better Angels of Our Nature The Better Angels of Our Nature
At the close of his first inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln spoke to those who would divide the United States. "We are not enemies, but friends," said the 16th president. "We mu...
Nov 2, 2008 / John Nichols
The Grand Immoderation of Studs Terkel The Grand Immoderation of Studs Terkel
When Studs Terkel was in the seventh grade, his teacher, Miss Henrietta Boone, asked the smart young whippersnapper who he was supporting in the presidential election of 1924. "A...
Oct 31, 2008 / John Nichols
The Economist Backs ‘The Socialist’ The Economist Backs ‘The Socialist’
This writer has never taken particularly seriously the suggestion of Republican presidential candidate John McCain and his surrealist running-mate Sarah Palin that Democrat Barack...
Oct 30, 2008 / John Nichols