Democratic Futures Democratic Futures
Political conventions are about the future. I don't mean that in the way scores of podium speakers have been saying, This election will decide the f...
Jul 28, 2004 / David Corn
Networks Missed a Historic Speech Networks Missed a Historic Speech
BOSTON -- When Barack Obama was delivering the finest keynote address heard at a Democratic National Convention since Mario Cuomo's 1984 speech in San Francisco, the nation's broa...
Jul 28, 2004 / John Nichols
And the Platform Says What? And the Platform Says What?
Did you know that, according to a New York Times/CBS News poll, nine out of ten delegates gathered in Boston think the US should not have gone to war in Iraq and say the gains fr...
Jul 28, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Michael Moore Hits Cambridge Michael Moore Hits Cambridge
To strains of "You're Still The One," Senator Edward Kennedy exited stage left, surrounded by family--heading to a tribute at Boston Symphony Hall. "The only thing we have to fear...
Jul 28, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
An Excuse-Spouting Bush Is Busted by the 9/11 Report An Excuse-Spouting Bush Is Busted by the 9/11 Report
Before, incompetence and sloth; after, lies and the wrong war.
Jul 27, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
Protest Pit is a Dark, Shadowy Place Protest Pit is a Dark, Shadowy Place
Many Americans oppose the war in Iraq, and they want to vote for a party that will bring the troops home. The Democratic Party has not promised to do that, which is why antiwar p...
Jul 27, 2004 / Peter Rothberg
‘Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive’ ‘Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive’
Just as I thought they were going to start playing Johnny Mercer/Harold Arlen's oldie "Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive (Mister in-Between)" in the convention hall, former President...
Jul 27, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
No Longer Pushing the Death Penalty No Longer Pushing the Death Penalty
BOSTON -- The Democratic party platform that will be adopted this week includes one particularly significant change from the platforms adopted by the party conventions of 1992, 19...
Jul 27, 2004 / John Nichols
To Bash, Or Not To Bash Bush? To Bash, Or Not To Bash Bush?
To bash, or not to bash? Bush, that is. And that is not the question. For it has already been answered. And the answer is, no. But not exactly. The ...
Jul 27, 2004 / David Corn
Shining, Happy People Shining, Happy People
The Democratic Party is more unified and energized going into this convention than it has ever been. Say that 50 times in 90 seconds, and you...
Jul 26, 2004 / David Corn