Global Fights Go Local Global Fights Go Local
Missouri Governor Bob Holden learned how volatile globalization issues have become when his Democratic primary challenger, Claire McCaskill, started banging away on him for offsh...
Aug 12, 2004 / Feature / John Nichols
Kerry on the Media Kerry on the Media
John Kerry and George W. Bush, the Democrat and Republican who will compete this November for the presidency, both attended similar New England preparatory schools, both graduated...
Aug 7, 2004 / Blog / John Nichols
Combative Kerry Combative Kerry
At a convention where the "No Bush Bashing" memo went out early and remained in circulation through three nights of frequently tepid speechifying, John Kerry ended things with an ...
Jul 30, 2004 / Blog / John Nichols
The Convention’s Agitator-in-Chief The Convention’s Agitator-in-Chief
BOSTON--Michael Moore was set to leave this Democratic National Convention city today on his way to Los Angeles, where the maker of the hit film "Fahrenheit 9-11" will appear on "...
Jul 29, 2004 / Blog / John Nichols
Networks Missed a Historic Speech Networks Missed a Historic Speech
BOSTON -- When Barack Obama was delivering the finest keynote address heard at a Democratic National Convention since Mario Cuomo's 1984 speech in San Francisco, the nation's broa...
Jul 28, 2004 / Blog / John Nichols
No Longer Pushing the Death Penalty No Longer Pushing the Death Penalty
BOSTON -- The Democratic party platform that will be adopted this week includes one particularly significant change from the platforms adopted by the party conventions of 1992, 19...
Jul 27, 2004 / Blog / John Nichols
Tammy Baldwin’s Turn Tammy Baldwin’s Turn
BOSTON -- When Tammy Baldwin takes the stage at the Democratic National Convention Monday night, with a prime-time speaking slot on a star-studded bill that includes two former pr...
Jul 26, 2004 / Blog / John Nichols
The Rep From Fahrenheit 9/11 The Rep From Fahrenheit 9/11
Watch this space for daily posts from the DNC in Boston. ********** "The American people appreciate being told the truth," announced Cynthia McKinney, as she and her cheering su...
Jul 22, 2004 / Blog / John Nichols
Canceled Elections Canceled Elections
What with all the controversy that arose after one of President Bush's appointees to the federal Election Assistance Commission sought to establish guidelines for suspending the N...
Jul 19, 2004 / Blog / John Nichols
Election Matters Election Matters
Rosa DeLauro, the savvy Connecticut Congresswoman whom Democratic leaders and the Kerry for President campaign put in charge of drafting the party's 2004 platform, says, "It refl...
Jul 15, 2004 / Editorial / John Nichols