Campaigns and Elections

After She Shakes Up Another Primary, It’s Time for a Sarah Palin Rethink

After She Shakes Up Another Primary, It’s Time for a Sarah Palin Rethink After She Shakes Up Another Primary, It’s Time for a Sarah Palin Rethink

Palin's influence on the Republican primaries of 2010 suggests that she is the most influential player in the GOP and perhaps the party's best-positioned 2012 contender. Just look ...

Jul 21, 2010 / John Nichols

Palin’s “Mamma Grizzlies” Video is No Obama “Yes We Can” Palin’s “Mamma Grizzlies” Video is No Obama “Yes We Can”

Is Sarah Palin's video a preview for a possible campaign in 2012? Nation correspondent Ari Melber explains why she hasn't crossed over into social media organizing just yet.

Jul 16, 2010 / To The Point

Obama Should Re-Mobilize His Base for Midterms Obama Should Re-Mobilize His Base for Midterms

The campaign for control of Congress is dominating the Washington landscape.

Jul 13, 2010 / The Today Show

Wall Street Not Giving to Dems: Good Riddance Wall Street Not Giving to Dems: Good Riddance

Isn't it time legislators focus on diminishing the strings-attached purchasing power of corporate campaign contributions?

Jul 8, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

NOW Urges Senate to Expel David Vitter NOW Urges Senate to Expel David Vitter

National Organization for Women says it is time for the Louisiana senator—a patron of prostitutes and employer of an abusive aide—to go.

Jul 6, 2010 / John Nichols

Is the Democratic Majority Still Emerging or Slipping Away? Is the Democratic Majority Still Emerging or Slipping Away?

Demographic trends continue to favor the Democrats, but will that be enough to save their majority?

Jun 30, 2010 / Ari Berman

Strom Thurmond’s Kid Loses GOP Bid to an African-American Candidate Strom Thurmond’s Kid Loses GOP Bid to an African-American Candidate

There must be something to celebrate in the fact that the Thurmond name is no longer magic in the state that gave us States' Rights.

Jun 23, 2010 / John Nichols

Progressive Challenger Defeats DC Establishment in North Carolina Progressive Challenger Defeats DC Establishment in North Carolina

The progressive groups that unsuccessfully backed Bill Halter in Arkansas scored a victory with Elaine Marshall in North Carolina Tuesday night.

Jun 23, 2010 / Ari Berman

Republicans Can’t Figure Out What They Stand For Republicans Can’t Figure Out What They Stand For

Nation Washington Editor Christopher Hayes tells Rachel Maddow that jumping on the GOP's conflicted messages about BP's liability for the Gulf spill is a way for Democrats to "...

Jun 22, 2010 / Press Room

Smart Pressure on Obama to Do More for Middle East Peace Smart Pressure on Obama to Do More for Middle East Peace

It is not often that a candidate in a tight US Senate race says something significant about the Middle East peace process—or the lack of a process. Pennsylvania Democrat Joe ...

Jun 14, 2010 / John Nichols

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