Looking Forward, Rather Than Backward, on Another 9-11 Looking Forward, Rather Than Backward, on Another 9-11
The various speeches, statements, pronouncements and pontifications by the president and the political class arrayed around him on this seventh anniversary of the September 11, 20...
Sep 11, 2008 / John Nichols
The McCain Support That Dare Not Speak Its Name The McCain Support That Dare Not Speak Its Name
Last week's Republican National Convention heard plenty of testimonies to John McCain's character. Indeed, while the frenzy over Sarah Palin's selection as the party's vice presi...
Sep 10, 2008 / John Nichols
Cheney on Palin: She’s “Superb!” Cheney on Palin: She’s “Superb!”
Vice President Dick Cheney is such an appealing and popular figure that Republicans decided to dispatch the "Darth Vader" of American politics on an "urgent" international mission...
Sep 8, 2008 / John Nichols
What McCain Needs to Tell Us About Sarah Palin What McCain Needs to Tell Us About Sarah Palin
Now that the Republican National Convention is done, there is much speculation about how Alaska Governor Sarah Palin will respond to questions from the media that she so pointedly...
Sep 6, 2008 / John Nichols
The Anti-Republican Who Is Really a Republican The Anti-Republican Who Is Really a Republican
ST. PAUL – In the eighth year of Republican dominance of the executive branch of the federal government, after an extended period in which Republicans also controlled the legisl...
Sep 5, 2008 / John Nichols
Ratings Race: Can McCain Beat Palin? Ratings Race: Can McCain Beat Palin?
ST. PAUL -- The numbers are in for Sarah Palin's Republican National Convention speech, and they're pretty remarkable. Some 37.2 million viewers watched Palin deliver a sharp, fr...
Sep 4, 2008 / John Nichols
Spiro T. Palin Spiro T. Palin
ST. PAUL – Forty years ago, mounting a comeback campaign after losing a presidential race eight years earlier, Richard Nixon secured the Republican nomination and then selected ...
Sep 4, 2008 / John Nichols
Sarah Palin Owns the Hall, But What About the Country? Sarah Palin Owns the Hall, But What About the Country?
ST. PAUL – Say what you will about Sarah Palin. Love her or despise her, celebrate or denounce her, but recognize this: The governor of Alaska has not just electrified the cons...
Sep 4, 2008 / John Nichols
This Is Sarah Palin’s Convention This Is Sarah Palin’s Convention
ST. PAUL – Alaska Governor Sarah Palin will on Wednesday night deliver the most anticipated address to a national party convention in decades. And Mary Buestrin can't wait. "O...
Sep 3, 2008 / John Nichols
Lieberman’s Partisan “Bipartisanship” Lieberman’s Partisan “Bipartisanship”
ST. PAUL – The most militantly conservative Republican National Convention in the history of the republic cheered itself hoarse Tuesday night for a pro-choice, pro-civil rights,...
Sep 3, 2008 / John Nichols