Smoke and Dirty Tricks in Virginia Smoke and Dirty Tricks in Virginia
With the Allen-Webb race in a dead heat, the Allen campaign is claiming that the incredibly high turnout in Virginia is from Christian conservatives who showed up to vote for the ...
Nov 7, 2006 / The Nation
The Machinery of Democracy The Machinery of Democracy
The great machinery of American democracy whirred into action thismorning, only to seize up and shut right down again--in precinct afterprecinct, county after county, and state af...
Nov 7, 2006 / The Nation
The Anti-War Wave The Anti-War Wave
Everyone is talking about whether there will be a Democratic wave tonight. That's an important question, to be sure. But there are other, perhaps more telling, waves to watch for....
Nov 7, 2006 / John Nichols
Ratherisms Ratherisms
It will apparently be a cold day in Texas before CBS forgives Dan Rather. Katie Couric will be turning to Bob Schieffer for expert advice, while Rather has been confined to basic ...
Nov 7, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Ad Wars – Election ’06 The Ad Wars – Election ’06
Below are five of the nastiest ads of the midterms. They offer a glimpse into what a party and its candidates do when the issues are stacked against them (Bush, Iraq, health care...
Nov 7, 2006 / The Nation
Flavor of the Cycle – Election ’06 Flavor of the Cycle – Election ’06
Tom Kean is down in the polls. So he's unleashing a desperate last-ditch effort to smear Sen. Bob Menendez (who I mention in a recent post on peace candidates). It involves the ...
Nov 7, 2006 / The Nation
The Return of Daniel Ortega The Return of Daniel Ortega
Despite Daniel Ortega's many flaws, the return of the Sandinistas to power creates the possibility that his challenge to the "savage capitalism" of the previous regime can genuinel...
Nov 7, 2006 / Feature / Mark Engler
Beginning of the End Beginning of the End
The Iraq Study Group report comes too late for the 600,000 people who died in carnage that is likely to worsen. It won't satisfy the antiwar movement because it sets no timetable f...
Nov 7, 2006 / Feature / Bob Dreyfuss
Refusing to Swallow the Spin Refusing to Swallow the Spin
No one is going to suggest that the mainstream media that spent much of the last week of a critical national election campaign focusing on a non-candidate's failed attempt to tell...
Nov 7, 2006 / The Nation
Voting Reform Begins with Secretaries of State Voting Reform Begins with Secretaries of State
Worried about the integrity of today's election? You should be. The United States has a dysfunctional election system that produces unequal results depending on the state in which...
Nov 7, 2006 / John Nichols