Gore Switches Gears on Health-Care Gore Switches Gears on Health-Care
When the Clinton-Gore administration attempted to reform the nation's approach to financing health care in 1993 and 1994, the one proposal that administration aides always rejecte...
Nov 15, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols
And Now the Good News And Now the Good News
CORRECTION: John Eder of Maine, a Green, won state, not national, office.
Nov 14, 2002 / Editorial / John Nichols
Ready to Rumble Ready to Rumble
Nancy Pelosi, a Democratic leader who knows how to fight and what to fight for.
Nov 14, 2002 / Feature / John Nichols
Pelosi’s Commitments Pelosi’s Commitments
"From the standpoint of commitments, this race is over," House Whip Nancy Pelosi said Friday, as the California Democrat announced that a majority of her colleagues had committed ...
Nov 8, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols
Nancy Pelosi Fights to Lead the Democrats Nancy Pelosi Fights to Lead the Democrats
The collapse of Richard Gephardt's leadership of the House Democratic Caucus did not occur on November 5, when the party lost seats in an election where history and economic trend...
Nov 7, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols
ELECTION 2002: New Antiwar Senator ELECTION 2002: New Antiwar Senator
Conservative Republicans will take charge of the US Senate as a result of Tuesday's voting. But the nation's newest senator, at least for the time being, is not singing from the r...
Nov 6, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols
Failed Midterms Failed Midterms
George W. Bush may have lost the 2000 election, but he won the 2002 election--with a good deal of help from Democrats, who took a dream scenario and turned it into a political ...
Nov 6, 2002 / Editorial / John Nichols
ELECTION 2002: Mark Twain for Congress ELECTION 2002: Mark Twain for Congress
Mark Twain was no fan of war, which he described as "a wanton waste of projectiles," and he nurtured a healthy disdain for anyone who suggested that patriotism was best displayed ...
Nov 5, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols
ELECTION 2002: Challenging “the corporate state” ELECTION 2002: Challenging “the corporate state”
In a state that prides itself on letting corporations off easy – especially local firms such as the DuPont chemical conglomerate – candidates for the position of Delaware Atto...
Nov 3, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols
ELECTION 2002: Making war an issue ELECTION 2002: Making war an issue
This is how one homestate newspaper editorial described the U.S. Senate candidate: "...he suffers from multiple sclerosis, which makes it difficult for him to walk long distances....
Nov 1, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols