Michigan-Ohio State Fever Michigan-Ohio State Fever
As the two top-ranked college teams clash on Saturday, the world stops, vote-counting is halted in a tight Congressional race and cities brace for violence.
Nov 16, 2006 / Column / Dave Zirin
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 / Editorial / 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.
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 / Editorial / John Nichols
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 / Editorial / John Nichols
HRC: Can’t Get No Respect HRC: Can’t Get No Respect
If people keep making sexist attacks against Hillary Clinton, I may just have to vote for her. That means you, Elizabeth Edwards!
Nov 6, 2006 / Column / Katha Pollitt
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 / Editorial / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Message of Campaign 2006 The Message of Campaign 2006
As things stand in organized politics today, a purely formal protest against what the GOP has done to America is the most we can hope for.
Nov 2, 2006 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn
Driving Planned Parenthood Driving Planned Parenthood
Cecile Richards, Planned Parenthood's new president, leads an organization searching for new national strategies, as a crucial vote in South Dakota tests its grassroots clout.
Nov 2, 2006 / Feature / Jennifer Baumgardner
Rick Santorum’s Beastly Politics Rick Santorum’s Beastly Politics
Dogged by a history of crude responses to abortion, euthanasia and gay marriage, Pennsylvania Republican Senator Rick Santorum is trailing his Democratic foe. But a cadre of influe...
Nov 1, 2006 / Feature / Max Blumenthal