Haggard Values Haggard Values
The homophobic values vote took a body blow in the midterm elections, helped along by hypocrisy in high places.
Nov 9, 2006 / Richard Kim
Fixing Elections Fixing Elections
Let's stop obsessing over conspiracy and focus on the real problem: lack of reliability, transparency and accountability in our electoral system.
Nov 9, 2006 / Andrew Gumbel
A New Southern Strategy A New Southern Strategy
The midterm elections proved to Democrats that the South must not be written off. The key to winning rural and working-class voters in Dixie is the same as anywhere else.
Nov 9, 2006 / Bob Moser
And Now, Iraq And Now, Iraq
The election is over; the war is not. And George W. Bush is suddenly in one tight corner.
Nov 9, 2006 / David Corn
Measuring the Mandate Measuring the Mandate
Democrats will claim their electoral mandate by understanding how they won: by fielding activist candidates with a clear antiwar message and by defending civil liberties.
Nov 9, 2006 / John Nichols
It’s Over for Bush It’s Over for Bush
As voters expressed their disgust, this election signaled a repudiation of the corrupt Bush regime, a clear antiwar victory and the collapse of the conservative order.
Nov 9, 2006 / The Editors
Questionable Verdict Questionable Verdict
Even the most naive American voter cannot be expected to see the morally, legally and politically questionable death sentence given to Saddam Hussein a milestone in the Bush Admin...
Nov 6, 2006 / Richard Falk
The ‘Off-Year Primary’ The ‘Off-Year Primary’
As presidential hopefuls from both parties press their advantage on the platform of the 2006 midterm election, the winners are...
Nov 6, 2006 / John Nichols
Bring Democracy Home Bring Democracy Home
To repair our broken voting system, declare Election Day a holiday, establish national election standards and require reliable voting machines and a paper trail.
Nov 3, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Baker Report, Leaked! The Baker Report, Leaked!
Stay the course? Cut and run? Cut the crap? What will former Secretary of State James A. Baker III propose after the midterm elections, when the bipartisan Iraq Study Group reveals...
Nov 2, 2006 / Evan Eisenberg