What Coakley’s Defeat Means for Healthcare Reform What Coakley’s Defeat Means for Healthcare Reform
Healthcare is in jeopardy, but it's not dead--especially if Democrats drag their feet on swearing in Brown.
Jan 20, 2010 / Feature / Lindsay Beyerstein
Coakley’s Loss: Pie in the President’s Face Coakley’s Loss: Pie in the President’s Face
Martha Coakley's loss in Massachusetts put on display the monumental miscalculations by which Obama has governed.
Jan 20, 2010 / Editorial / William Greider
What Massachusetts Got Right What Massachusetts Got Right
Obama's opportunistic search for win-win solutions to our healthcare concerns and our larger economic problems is leading to a lose-lose outcome for the president and the country.
Jan 20, 2010 / Column / Robert Scheer
Bad Model Ford Bad Model Ford
The news that Harold Ford Jr., a conservative Democrat from Tennessee, is considering a primary challenge to New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is as laughable as ludicrous. I'm s...
Jan 11, 2010 / The Notion / Ari Berman
The Nation Interviews David Plouffe The Nation Interviews David Plouffe
In an exclusive interview with The Nation, David Plouffe, former campaign manager of Obama for America, talks healthcare, messaging, and organizing after election day.
Dec 18, 2009 / Video / Ari Melber
Plouffe Counters Obama’s Healthcare Critics Plouffe Counters Obama’s Healthcare Critics
In an exclusive interview with The Nation, David Plouffe, former campaign manager of Obama for America, talks healthcare, messaging, and organizing after election day.
Dec 16, 2009 / Feature / Ari Melber
Election Tea Leaves Election Tea Leaves
What did we learn from the off-year elections?
Nov 4, 2009 / Editorial / John Nichols
Obama for America’s Gallup Pol Obama for America’s Gallup Pol
Nadine Padilla organized for Obama in Native American communities. Now she's passing her skills on to others.
Nov 4, 2009 / Feature / Elizabeth Méndez Berry
Slide Show: The Nation’s 2009 Elections Slide Show: The Nation’s 2009 Elections
The Nation uncovers interesting trends, rifts and potential problems progressives will need to confront in future elections.
Nov 4, 2009 / Photo Essay / The Nation
GOP Shuns Palin; Will Obama Help Dems? GOP Shuns Palin; Will Obama Help Dems?
Nation blogger Melissa Harris-Lacewell on the GOP's love/hate relationship with Sarah Palin, and Democratic dynamics since Obama's victory in 2008.
Nov 3, 2009 / Video / The Rachel Maddow Show