Rick Santorum’s Elite Background Rick Santorum’s Elite Background
Santorum has a chance in Ohio because he appeals more to working-class voters than Romney. But his blue-collar roots are a myth.
Mar 5, 2012 / Ben Adler
Mitt Romney’s ‘Cut-and-Paste’ Fantasy Candidacy Mitt Romney’s ‘Cut-and-Paste’ Fantasy Candidacy
Romney's campaign doctors newspaper editorials and then sends them to reporters hoping to spin the story. In fact, even his backers have doubts.
Mar 5, 2012 / John Nichols
The Right-Wing Effort to Smear Obama and Liberals as ‘Anti-Israel’ The Right-Wing Effort to Smear Obama and Liberals as ‘Anti-Israel’
The Emergency Committee for Israel is accusing President Obama and liberal think tanks of opposing Israel’s interests, but they don’t have the evidence to back it up.&n...
Mar 4, 2012 / Ben Adler
Romney’s Contraception Flip-Flop Reminds Everyone Why They Hate Him Romney’s Contraception Flip-Flop Reminds Everyone Why They Hate Him
Within one day Mitt managed to offend everybody by saying he was against the Blunt amendment, and then that he was for it.
Mar 1, 2012 / Ben Adler
‘I’m Not Running Away From My Record, I’m Running on It’: A Q&A With Tammy Baldwin ‘I’m Not Running Away From My Record, I’m Running on It’: A Q&A With Tammy Baldwin
The congresswoman and Senate candidate talks to The Nation about fair trade, Citizens United and what healthcare reform really means for Wisconsin.
Mar 1, 2012 / Emily Douglas and Richard Kim
Hottest Political Story? Sorry Mitt, It’s the New Race for Control of the Senate Hottest Political Story? Sorry Mitt, It’s the New Race for Control of the Senate
Tired of the Romsantorneyum. Join the crowd. The political news of the moment isn’t the unending GOP scrap. It’s the sudden viability of Democrats in the fight for Sena...
Mar 1, 2012 / John Nichols
A Brief History of the Education Culture Wars: On Santorum’s Legacy, the GOP and School Reform A Brief History of the Education Culture Wars: On Santorum’s Legacy, the GOP and School Reform
The idea of dismantling the federal government's civil rights–driven education agenda is not new.
Mar 1, 2012 / Dana Goldstein
Romney’s Last Stand at the Alamo Romney’s Last Stand at the Alamo
Texas will cap off the Southern primary elections where Santorum’s brand of conservatism could prove dangerous for Romney.
Mar 1, 2012 / Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto
Bob Kerrey, Mass Murderer? Bob Kerrey, Mass Murderer?
Kerrey wants to run for the Senate, but back in 1968 he had a My Lai of his own.
Mar 1, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss
The GOP Theo-Cons Hop on Board the Crazy Train The GOP Theo-Cons Hop on Board the Crazy Train
Attacks on church-state separation by Romney, Gingrich and Santorum reflect the growing power in the party of religious extremists.
Feb 29, 2012 / John Nichols