Obama’s Disappointing First Choice Obama’s Disappointing First Choice
House Minority Leader John Boehner and other Republican insiders in Washington are griping about President-elect Barack Obama's selection of Illinois Congressman Rahm Emanuel to s...
Nov 7, 2008 / John Nichols
The Occam’s Razor Explanation The Occam’s Razor Explanation
I'm working on a longer set of reflections on this remarkable electionand its remarkable outcome. Sometimes as writer you can feeloutclassed by the events you have to chronicle, ...
Nov 6, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Obama’s National Security Team Emerging Obama’s National Security Team Emerging
The game of musical chairs is underway as Barack Obama narrows his choices for who he'll appoint to key Cabinet posts. Most of the speculation, naturally, focuses on key economic ...
Nov 6, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Voters Reject Abortion Bans in South Dakota, Colorado. Voters Reject Abortion Bans in South Dakota, Colorado.
More Good News From Last Night: In the last few months I wrote about calls to action against two draconian state referendums intended to deprive women of their legally-guaranteed...
Nov 5, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Stop Gates Stop Gates
Barack Obama will be getting off on the wrong foot, to put it mildly, if he does what seems likely now: allow Robert Gates to stay on a secretary of defense. For reasons that are...
Nov 5, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Barack Obama’s Many Majorities Barack Obama’s Many Majorities
"If I should need to name, O Western World, your powerfulest scene and show," wrote the poet Walt Whitman on the occasion of a distant election, "I'd name the still-small voice vi...
Nov 5, 2008 / John Nichols
Transformational Presidency Transformational Presidency
Four years ago we gathered at The Nation to watch the election returns.Around midnight we began to weep. But we had to put out an issue thenext day. So, through the grim night and...
Nov 5, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Tracking Voter Problems: Part Three Tracking Voter Problems: Part Three
WASHINGTON, DC -- From Nation intern Emma Dumain, comes the finaldispatch from the Election Protection command center: In the second press briefing of the day here at the Electio...
Nov 4, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Where To Party Where To Party
Far be it from me to jinx things but I'm not superstitious, reports are that efforts to protect voting rights are working, and the early exit polls, as imperfect as exit polling m...
Nov 4, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Final Push Final Push
RICHMOND, VA -- The office here just erupted into a flurry of activity as volunteers are being sent out to polling places in the city with long lines to make sure no one leaves. T...
Nov 4, 2008 / Chris Hayes