Who in 2004? Who in 2004?
With Al Gore bowing out of the 2004 presidential race, the field for Democratic contenders is wide open. In a mock people's primary, WorkingForChange is asking the public who it w...
Dec 17, 2002 / Blog / Peter Rothberg
Gore’s Gone, But Will Dems Freshen Up? Gore’s Gone, But Will Dems Freshen Up?
Poor Al Gore, he never could get presidential politics right. Just as the former vice president and 2000 Democratic nominee for the top job was starting to take some of the bold s...
Dec 16, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols
Trent Lott’s “Uptown Klan” Trent Lott’s “Uptown Klan”
The incredible thing about the controversy surrounding soon-to-be Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott's kissing up to the racist legacy of Strom Thurmond is that anyone thinks it is...
Dec 12, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols
Thank You, Philip Berrigan Thank You, Philip Berrigan
Thousands of mourners braved sub-freezing temperatures in West Baltimore on Monday to say farewell to an infantry lieutenant turned Roman Catholic priest, remembered as a father, ...
Dec 11, 2002 / Blog / Peter Rothberg
A Democrat Wins by Running Against Bush A Democrat Wins by Running Against Bush
"The light has shown that the Democratic Party is alive and well and united,"Louisiana U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu shouted over the weekend, as she celebratedher victory in the last S...
Dec 9, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols
Winning Without War Winning Without War
President Bush has agreed that war with Iraq should be the very last resort. But, as weapons inspectors move into high-gear, senior members of the White House seem off-message in ...
Dec 8, 2002 / Blog / Peter Rothberg
Kissinger? Kissinger? Kissinger? Kissinger?
If President Bush had set out to undermine the credibility of the commission charged with probing the intelligence and security flaws that allowed the September 11, 2001, terroris...
Nov 28, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols
Protesting an Attack on Iraq Protesting an Attack on Iraq
The Republican landslide on November 5 was a sobering reality for progressives, but this GOP ascendance has done nothing to tamp down the enthusiasm and energy of the emerging ant...
Nov 23, 2002 / Blog / Peter Rothberg
The Poindextering of Privacy Rights The Poindextering of Privacy Rights
Back in the days when the United States government was overtly and covertly assisting Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and the most extreme Muslim fundamentalists in Afghanistan, US...
Nov 21, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols
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