Political Figures

What’s Right With Kerry What’s Right With Kerry

At key moments, he's displayed guts and taken tough, sometimes lonely, positions.

Feb 26, 2004 / Feature / David Corn

Farewell, Howard Dean Farewell, Howard Dean

A vote of thanks is due to Dr. Dean,
A comet on the presidential scene.
Once sure to win, he lost it all instead.
He made mistakes, but still it should be said

Feb 26, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Undemocratic Process Undemocratic Process

There has been much comment about the take-no-prisoners approach of the Congressional Republican leadership in cramming through the Medicare prescription-drug benefit this past N...

Feb 26, 2004 / Wayne S. Smith

Candidate Nader Candidate Nader

Ralph Nader got a lot of things right when he appeared on NBC's Meet the Press and accused "Katherine Harris and Jeb Bush and their cohorts from Tallahassee to the Supreme Court"...

Feb 26, 2004 / The Editors

Nader Is Crashing the Party Yet Again Nader Is Crashing the Party Yet Again

Does he have no sense of accountability or shame?

Feb 25, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer

Kerry: He’s Peaking Kerry: He’s Peaking

Kerry has the nomination almost within his grasp, and has also emerged from the bruising kiss of imputed scandal. Unless Ms.

Feb 19, 2004 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

‘Outsourcing’ Our Lives ‘Outsourcing’ Our Lives

Thursday, February 5

Feb 19, 2004 / Frank LaGrotta

New (Sort of) Issue New (Sort of) Issue

Bush trotted out his whoppers with tranquillity,
Because the press responded with docility.
His goal was war. In order to fulfill it, he

Feb 19, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Dean’s Rough Ride Dean’s Rough Ride

In forty years of observing presidential contests, I cannot remember another major candidate brutalized so intensely by the media, with the possible exception of George Wallace.

Feb 19, 2004 / William Greider

Progressives Should Vote Kucinich Progressives Should Vote Kucinich

Click here to read Joel Rogers's editorial in favor of John Edwards and here to read Antonio Villaraigosa's arguments for John Kerry.

Feb 17, 2004 / Ronnie Dugger

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