Russia and Election 2000 Russia and Election 2000
President Boris Yeltsin's firing of his fifth Prime Minister in seventeen months and Russia's renewed war in the Caucasus are stark signs of his regime's instability, desperation...
Aug 19, 1999 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
George W.’s Straw Party George W.’s Straw Party
Texas Governor George W.
Aug 19, 1999 / Feature / Marc Cooper
Think Globally, Run Locally Think Globally, Run Locally
In the summer of 1997 Amory Houghton, the "moderate" six-term Republican Congressman who represents my home county in upstate New York, cast a crucial vote against the "no arms t...
Aug 5, 1999 / Feature / Caleb Rossiter
Bradley’s Long Shot Bradley’s Long Shot
How do you beat a sitting vice president in a presidential nomination contest? There's no established game plan, because no one's ever done it.
Aug 5, 1999 / David Corn
Gloves Off in the Garden State Gloves Off in the Garden State
The newly regilded dome of Trenton's state capitol may be shimmering under the intense summer sun, but if New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman's entourage is sweating bulle...
Aug 5, 1999 / Feature / Doug Ireland
Presidential Bidding Presidential Bidding
Let 1999 go down in electoral history as the year the "wealth primary"--a term coined by Jamin Raskin and John Bonifaz in law review articles to describe the period of early fund...
Aug 5, 1999 / The Editors
The Other Y2K Crisis The Other Y2K Crisis
The presidential election is sixteen months away, but candidates are already fanning out across the land, garnering dollars and media exposure.
Jul 8, 1999 / Stephen Gillers
The Wreck of the Primary Campaign The Wreck of the Primary Campaign
(A Republican Sea Chantey)
Jul 8, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Strategy of the Other Republican Presidential Candidates The Strategy of the Other Republican Presidential Candidates
Completely confident, they know that--fair
And square, on issues--they'll defeat George Bush.
But still, where is that famous picture where
Jun 17, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Bill Bradley: Can He Get Into the Game? Bill Bradley: Can He Get Into the Game?
On April 30, 1992, Bill Bradley strode to the podium of the US Senate. The previous night, riots had erupted in Los Angeles following a not-guilty verdict in the first Rodney Kin...
Jun 17, 1999 / Feature / David Corn