Edwards Primary: A Key Win For Obama Edwards Primary: A Key Win For Obama
David Obey really did want to vote for John Edwards for president. In fact, aside from the former candidate himself, there could be few better barometers than the chairman of the...
Feb 8, 2008 / John Nichols
McCain vs. GOP Taliban McCain vs. GOP Taliban
McCain's march toward the Republican nomination is the year's most improbable journey.
Feb 7, 2008 / John Nichols
Hillary’s Latino Appeal Hillary’s Latino Appeal
The 2008 race for the Democratic presidential nomination will produce the first African-American president or the first woman president. On Super Tuesday, according to exit polls...
Feb 6, 2008 / John Nichols
Ten Tips for Sorting Out Super Tuesday Spin Ten Tips for Sorting Out Super Tuesday Spin
Super Tuesday is such a monumental moment on the 2008 political calendar that the big day's voting actually voting began when it was still just ordinary Monday in America. And th...
Feb 5, 2008 / John Nichols
An Obama Sweep? What Are the Possibilities? An Obama Sweep? What Are the Possibilities?
Could Barack Obama "close the deal" on Super Tuesday? When almost two dozen states are voting, the Democratic presidential campaigns of both Illinois Senator Obama and New York S...
Feb 4, 2008 / John Nichols
Bill Clinton Campaigns… Against Ted Kennedy Bill Clinton Campaigns… Against Ted Kennedy
Do we think a certain former president might still be smarting over Ted Kennedy's decision to endorse Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton? Bill Clinton tried hard to land the endor...
Feb 3, 2008 / John Nichols
Ann Coulter’s Diabolical Campaign for Clinton Ann Coulter’s Diabolical Campaign for Clinton
Her critics may dismiss Ann Coulter as a "kooky-con," the craziest of conservatives. But there is nothing nutty about Coulter. If the right-wing diva appears to be crazy, it is c...
Feb 1, 2008 / John Nichols
Obama-Clinton? Clinton-Obama? Obama-Clinton? Clinton-Obama?
Politics, it is said, is show business for ugly people. So it only made sense when the Democratic presidential race came to Hollywood, viewers of the last debate before a score of...
Feb 1, 2008 / John Nichols
Exit Edwards, Stage Left Exit Edwards, Stage Left
His candidacy is ended, but John Edwards should continue his campaign to make economic justice in America the Democrats' core message.
Jan 31, 2008 / John Nichols
An Unreasonable Man May Run Again An Unreasonable Man May Run Again
On the day that John Edwards -- the only remaining Democratic contender whose positions earned praise from Ralph Nader -- quit the presidential race, supporters of the consumer ad...
Jan 31, 2008 / John Nichols