Avoiding Dean’s Mistakes Avoiding Dean’s Mistakes
Barack Obama's victory in the hard-fought Democratic primary for an open US Senate seat from Illinois has instantaneously made him a political star. CNN analysts were calling the ...
Mar 19, 2004 / Blog / John Nichols
An Indecent Proposal An Indecent Proposal
"We are moving in the direction of undermining the First Amendment," said US Representative Ron Paul, the maverick Texan who was the only Republican member of the House to oppose ...
Mar 15, 2004 / Blog / John Nichols
Exploiting 9/11, Badly Exploiting 9/11, Badly
It should not come as a surprise to anyone who has watched American politics over the past several years that George W. Bush has begun his formal reelection campaigning by exploit...
Mar 5, 2004 / Blog / John Nichols
Kerry’s Challenge Kerry’s Challenge
The John Kerry who won nine of ten Super Tuesday states, and with those victories Democratic nominee-in-waiting status, was not the John Kerry who officially launched his preside...
Mar 4, 2004 / Editorial / John Nichols
Running for Running Mate Running for Running Mate
Had John Edwards won the Ohio and Georgia primaries on Tuesday, it would have been difficult to prevent him from staking his claim on the Democratic nomination for vice president....
Mar 3, 2004 / Blog / John Nichols
Antiwar Primary Challenge Antiwar Primary Challenge
In 1966, barely two years after the Gulf of Tonkin resolution was passed by the House and Senate, a handful of intrepid candidates challenged pro-Vietnam War Democratic incumbents ...
Mar 1, 2004 / Blog / John Nichols
Trade, War, Socialism & Capitalism Trade, War, Socialism & Capitalism
Thursday night's wide-ranging and refreshingly substantive debate between the four remaining contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination did little to slow the momentum ...
Feb 27, 2004 / Blog / John Nichols
Aloha Dennis Aloha Dennis
Democratic frontrunner John Kerry coasted on Not-So-Super Tuesday, winning three more states as Idaho, Utah and Hawaii quietly picked delegates to the Democratic National Conventi...
Feb 25, 2004 / Blog / John Nichols
Will Nader Matter at All? Will Nader Matter at All?
The best-case scenario for Ralph Nader's fourth presidential campaign -- a 1992 write-in effort in the New Hampshire primary, Green Party runs in 1996 and 2000, and the independen...
Feb 22, 2004 / Blog / John Nichols
The Democratic Race Now The Democratic Race Now
The race for the Democratic presidential nomination is not over. In fact, it's getting a lot more interesting. Here are some notes on where the contest now stands: EDWARDS HAS A ...
Feb 19, 2004 / Blog / John Nichols