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
Death Row Roll Call Death Row Roll Call
As Robert Sherrill made clear in his award-winning Nation essay of January 8, 2001, the death penalty is a bad deal all around. Not only is it ineffective in deterring crime, it'...
Nov 8, 2002 / Blog / Peter Rothberg
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
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
Election Day Matters! Election Day Matters!
If everyone out there who's worried about the Bush agenda votes on November 5, we can engage in a little regime change of our own. Download , print, post and distribute MoveOn's f...
Nov 1, 2002 / Blog / Peter Rothberg
Mourning Wellstone, Preparing for Nov. 5 Mourning Wellstone, Preparing for Nov. 5
MINNEAPOLIS -- "We pay tribute to a leader -- a true DFL liberal..." shouted US Senator Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, invoking the initials and the ideological tradition of the Minnesota De...
Oct 30, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols
Bob Dylan, Dick Cheney and Paul Wellstone Bob Dylan, Dick Cheney and Paul Wellstone
Most Americans had no idea where Eveleth, Minnesota, was until they saw the maps showing where Senator Paul Wellstone, his wife and daughter, three staffers and two pilots perishe...
Oct 29, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols