Frist’s Fury Over Filibusters Frist’s Fury Over Filibusters
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, the health insurance industry heir who went into politics for the purpose of protecting his family's financial interests against even the most t...
Nov 15, 2004 / Blog / John Nichols
Danger for Dems: A Moral Misstep Danger for Dems: A Moral Misstep
Democrats who place too much credence in those exit polls that suggest that American politics is being reshaped by voters who are charged up about "Moral Values"--as defined by so...
Nov 9, 2004 / Blog / John Nichols
The Missing Mandate The Missing Mandate
A day after the 2004 presidential voting was done, when it was finally possible to declare victory, Vice President Dick Cheney introduced a reelected President George W. Bush to t...
Nov 5, 2004 / Blog / John Nichols
Hammered Hammered
Any election result that gives Tom DeLay cause for celebration--and, make no mistake, the 2004 election gave the dark prince of Congress plenty to celebrate--ought to send a shar...
Nov 4, 2004 / Editorial / John Nichols
Rove’s Race Rove’s Race
George W. Bush may have secured the presidency this week. But the real winner was Karl Rove. The White House political czar has solidified his position as the nation's campaigner...
Nov 3, 2004 / Blog / John Nichols
‘We Can Wait One More Night’ ‘We Can Wait One More Night’
Nothing frustrated Democratic loyalists more in 2000 than the sense that their presidential nominee, former Vice President Al Gore, failed to aggressively, and effectively, challe...
Nov 3, 2004 / Blog / John Nichols
Bush’s Lone Star Scheming Bush’s Lone Star Scheming
The final event on George W. Bush's schedule on the final day of the 2004 presidential election campaign was not a late-night gathering in a "battleground" state such as Florida o...
Nov 2, 2004 / Blog / John Nichols
Even Republicans Fear Bush Even Republicans Fear Bush
The most divisive election campaign in recent American history has not merely split the nation along party lines, it has split the Grand Old Party itself. Unfortunately, most Amer...
Oct 31, 2004 / Blog / John Nichols
Springsteen’s Political Poetry Springsteen’s Political Poetry
The art of political speechmaking is now so lost to the dark machinations of the spin doctors, pollsters and pundits that most Americans have never heard a live campaign speech of...
Oct 29, 2004 / Blog / John Nichols
Nader’s Flawed Calculus Nader’s Flawed Calculus
From the start of his independent campaign for the presidency early this year, Ralph Nader constantly argued that he would draw as many or more votes from Republican George W.
Oct 28, 2004 / Editorial / John Nichols