Campaigns and Elections

For the Day Ralph Nader Shuffles Off This Mortal Coil For the Day Ralph Nader Shuffles Off This Mortal Coil

In canned obits that papers keep, The second graf relates The fact that Nader gave us Bush, Through votes in several states.

Jul 15, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Election Postponed to Preserve Democracy Election Postponed to Preserve Democracy

TRANSCRIPT OF THE OCTOBER 28, 2004, SPEECH, FROM THE OVAL OFFICE, BY GEORGE W. BUSH My Fellow Citizens,

Jul 15, 2004 / Editorial / Jeff Gillenkirk

Kerry: No W. (& No Bill) Kerry: No W. (& No Bill)

A friend of mine in Los Angeles reports listening to a radio station that caters to middle-class African-Americans and hearing repeatedly from hosts and callers that there's litt...

Jul 15, 2004 / Editorial / David Corn

Election Matters Election Matters

Rosa DeLauro, the savvy Connecticut Congresswoman whom Democratic leaders and the Kerry for President campaign put in charge of drafting the party's 2004 platform, says, "It refl...

Jul 15, 2004 / Editorial / John Nichols

Freedom’s Trail Freedom’s Trail

As Democrats prepare for their convention in Boston, they should ponder the city's catalytic role in American history.

Jul 15, 2004 / Editorial / The Editors

The Shape of Things The Shape of Things

This essay, from the July 17, 1948, issue of The Nation, is a special selection from The Nation Digital Archive. If you want to read everything The Nation has ever published on the...

Jul 13, 2004 / Editorial / The Editors

Edwards Journal Edwards Journal

A Dud of a Debate 01/23/2004

Jul 7, 2004 / Feature / David Corn

Cautious Kerry Chooses Charisma Cautious Kerry Chooses Charisma

Never let it be said that John Kerry rushes to judgement.

Jul 6, 2004 / Feature / John Nichols

On the Prime-Time Schedule for the Republican National Convention On the Prime-Time Schedule for the Republican National Convention

The wacko right has mostly just disdain For Schwarzenegger, Rudy and McCain. But they'll be featured at the prime-time mike As just the sort of folks swing voters like.

Jul 1, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Election Matters Election Matters

The striking distinction between the Green Party's national gathering in late June and the Democratic and Republican national conventions, which will come later this summer, was ...

Jul 1, 2004 / Editorial / John Nichols

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