Political Figures

Democrats Sizzle in Iowa Democrats Sizzle in Iowa

It felt a bit like Election Day in Iowa this weekend, as Democratic candidates at Senator Tom Harkin's Steak Fry served up appetizers of the campaign to come.

Sep 17, 2007 / Feature / Ari Berman

Beware the Lame Duck Beware the Lame Duck

Bush may be a discredited President, but he can still do a lot of damage in the last sixteen months of his presidency.

Sep 13, 2007 / The Editors

Bush’s Deceitful Smiles Bush’s Deceitful Smiles

A deceitful President, masking the chaos his $3 trillion war has unleashed with photo-ops from Iraq, now confronts cynical Democrats in Congress poised to write another check, will...

Sep 5, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer

Civics for Cheney Civics for Cheney

The Vice President and his minions need an education in the rudiments of government. Where are the strict constructionists when we need them?

Aug 31, 2007 / Stanley I. Kutler

The Madness of ‘King’ George The Madness of ‘King’ George

If the President is allowed to invoke the divine right of kings, the American Revolution will have come full circle.

Aug 30, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Simon Prentis

Hillary Pushes the Button Hillary Pushes the Button

What in the world was Clinton thinking when she attacked Obama for pledging not to use nuclear weapons in the hunt for Osama bin Laden?

Aug 15, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer

The War on Infrastructure The War on Infrastructure

Describing the recent bridge failure and steam-pipe explosion as "cowardly attacks on our way of life," Bush today opened a new front in his permanent war on everything.

Aug 6, 2007 / Barbara Ehrenreich

President Rudy President Rudy

How much worse a president would Rudy Giuliani be than George W. Bush? Author Kevin Baker counts the ways.

Jul 30, 2007 / Feature / Jon Wiener

Impeachable Offenses Impeachable Offenses

The burgeoning movement to impeach Bush and Cheney is a rational response at a time when 80 percent of Americans believe the country is headed in the wrong direction.

Jul 26, 2007 / John Nichols

The Case to Impeach the President The Case to Impeach the President

The Nation's John Nichols discusses the case for impeaching President Bush with conservative constitutional scholar Bruce Fein, in this excerpt from the July 13 edition of Bill Moy...

Jul 17, 2007 / Press Room

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