Voter Registration Flashpoints Voter Registration Flashpoints
As we head into the final stretch of the election season, alarming reports of dysfunctional voter registration, purges of the rolls, and possible voter suppression are surfacing w...
Oct 20, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
“Socialist” Is Not an Epithet “Socialist” Is Not an Epithet
"There is always a charge that socialism does not fit human nature. We've encountered that for a long time. Maybe that's true. But can't people be educated? Can't people learn to ...
Oct 20, 2008 / John Nichols
How I Committed Voter Fraud How I Committed Voter Fraud
This past week, I committed voter fraud. Or, I should say, "voter fraud" inside the same sarcastic scare quotes that John McCain deployed when he recently invoked that old tricky ...
Oct 20, 2008 / Chris Hayes
“Senior Members of My Own Party” “Senior Members of My Own Party”
The most striking thing to me about Colin Powell's endorsement of Barack Obama on this morning's Meet the Press, was when he discussed the persistent rumors about Obama's faith. H...
Oct 19, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Censure Michele Bachmann Censure Michele Bachmann
On last night's episode of MSNBC's Hardball, Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota charged Barack Obama and other members of Congress with sharing "anti-American" views. Defending th...
Oct 19, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
A Conscience Challenge for Maine’s Susan Collins A Conscience Challenge for Maine’s Susan Collins
Maine Senator Susan Collins is running for reelection as a moderate -- dare we say, "maverick" -- Republican who is willing to break with her party on matters of political honor. ...
Oct 18, 2008 / John Nichols
Old Time Religion Old Time Religion
Like a lot of folks, I thought McCain looked prickly, sarcastic andbrimmingwith contempt last night. I also thought this debate was fairlysubstantiveall in all, and that Scheiffe...
Oct 16, 2008 / Chris Hayes
The Last Debate –Hurrah! The Last Debate –Hurrah!
It's hard to believe that the last debate (hurrah!) in this long and winding and extraordinary election has just ended . The pundits were out of the gate--even before the two spo...
Oct 16, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Obama the Adult Versus McCain’s Economic Easter Bunny Obama the Adult Versus McCain’s Economic Easter Bunny
Debating on a night when global markets were tanking, Barack Obama and John McCain engaged in an edgy debate about "spreading the wealth," "class warfare" and creating an economy ...
Oct 16, 2008 / John Nichols
Conscience, Sanity–Doonesbury Conscience, Sanity–Doonesbury
These past few Sunday mornings, when many people turn to the funnies in the Washington Post, Garry Trudeau has offered readers large doses of sanity and conscience in his invalua...
Oct 15, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel