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
Political Laughs? Try Fox Political Laughs? Try Fox
Sorry, Jon Stewart, but Sean Hannity is the king of television comedy. Yes, of course, "The Daily Show" is hilarious. But the Emmy Award-winning Comedy Central program featuring...
Oct 25, 2004 / Blog / John Nichols
Nader’s Flawed Calculus Nader’s Flawed Calculus
Nader backers support Kerry more than Bush, Nation Institute poll shows.
Oct 22, 2004 / Feature / John Nichols
The Race Right Now The Race Right Now
With 12 days left before the election, millions of Americans have already cast their ballots -- records are being set for early voting and absentee ballots in all of the battlegro...
Oct 21, 2004 / Blog / John Nichols
Losing it Losing it
In Senate races across the country, Republicans are falling behind.
Oct 21, 2004 / Editorial / John Nichols
Orwellian Twist on the Campaign Orwellian Twist on the Campaign
"Political language...is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give the appearance of solidity to pure wind." -- George Orwell George Orwell shaped...
Oct 18, 2004 / Blog / John Nichols
Election Matters Election Matters
As he began his seventh campaign swing this year through the battleground state of Wisconsin on a sunny day in late September, George W. Bush loaded a secret weapon onto hi...
Oct 14, 2004 / Editorial / John Nichols