The Race Right Now The Race Right Now
On the eve of the final presidential debate of the 2004 campaign, everything has changed -- again. And it could all change once more tonight. But here is where the race stands rig...
Oct 13, 2004 / Blog / John Nichols
Cheney’s Lamest Excuse Yet Cheney’s Lamest Excuse Yet
What do you do when the excuses you used to "justify" an unwise and unnecessary war are completely discredited. If you're Vice President Dick Cheney, you make up a new one. Chen...
Oct 11, 2004 / Blog / John Nichols
Election Matters Election Matters
In his 1988 song "Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards," British troubadour Billy Bragg promised, "The Revolution is just a T-shirt away." It's taken a while, but the 2004 electio...
Oct 7, 2004 / Editorial / John Nichols
Cheney KO’ed…by GOP Cheney KO’ed…by GOP
To hear Vice President Cheney tell it in Tuesday night's debate, Democrats like John Edwards and John Kerry are the only Americans foolish enough or unpatriotic enough to complain...
Oct 6, 2004 / Blog / John Nichols
Ten Questions for Dick Cheney Ten Questions for Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney, who spent most of his administration's first term in a secure undisclosed location, has been campaigning this fall in the Potemkin Villages of Republican reaction. As...
Oct 3, 2004 / Blog / John Nichols
DEBATE: Whiner-in-Chief DEBATE: Whiner-in-Chief
It appears that George W. Bush is tired of being president. His weariness and frustration with the job was evident throughout last night's first presidential debate of the 2004 c...
Oct 1, 2004 / Blog / John Nichols
Election Matters Election Matters
The thing that really galls Ralph Nader is not that so many of his prominent 2000 campaign supporters are now actively campaigning for Democrat John Kerry.
Sep 30, 2004 / Editorial / John Nichols
CBS: No News, Just Stenography CBS: No News, Just Stenography
The decision of CBS News to delay the broadcast of an investigation into how the Bush administration manipulated intelligence and played upon fears in order to make the case for w...
Sep 28, 2004 / Blog / John Nichols
Debate Halliburton Debate Halliburton
George W. Bush is ready to debate John Kerry. The chronically underestimated president, who invariably prevails in face-to-face showdowns with his general election opponents, has...
Sep 27, 2004 / Blog / John Nichols
Ominous Pattern Ominous Pattern
What's up with the rural vote?
Sep 23, 2004 / Feature / John Nichols