Calculations Could Add GOP Senator to Cabinet Calculations Could Add GOP Senator to Cabinet
With speculation running rampant that New Hampshire Republican Judd Gregg could be plucked from the Senate by President Obama and nominated to serve as Commerce Secretary, we retu...
Feb 1, 2009 / John Nichols
Dirty Trickster Steele Is New RNC Chair Dirty Trickster Steele Is New RNC Chair
When Michael Steele ran for Maryland's open US Senate in 2006, his backers hired 300 mostly poor African Americans from Philadelphia -- most if not all of them unemployed, many of...
Jan 30, 2009 / John Nichols
Vote for White House Farmer Vote for White House Farmer
Author Michael Pollan suggested last fall that the next president--as part of a broader move to encourage understanding of and support for sustainable agriculture--should appoint ...
Jan 30, 2009 / John Nichols
Senate Selection Scam Senate Selection Scam
Russ Feingold is leading the charge to close the constitutional loophole that allows governors to appoint senators.
Jan 28, 2009 / John Nichols
Labor Should Press Gillibrand On Trade Policy Labor Should Press Gillibrand On Trade Policy
Newly-minted New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is engaged in a political and ideological charm offensive -- moving left from the centrist (and in some cases Republican-lite) pos...
Jan 28, 2009 / John Nichols
Conyers Subpoenas Rove Conyers Subpoenas Rove
"Change has come to Washington, and I hope Karl Rove is ready for it," declared House Judiciary Committee chair John Conyers, D-Michigan, on Monday, when he issued a new subpoena ...
Jan 27, 2009 / John Nichols
Feingold Proposes Direct Election of ALL Senators Feingold Proposes Direct Election of ALL Senators
Following New York Governor David Paterson's controversial selection of Kirsten Gillibrand to fill the U.S. Senate vacancy created by the resignation of Secretary of State Hillary...
Jan 25, 2009 / John Nichols
Feingold Sees a Returning to the Rule of Law Feingold Sees a Returning to the Rule of Law
Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold has not had much to celebrate when it comes to the actions of the executive branch since he came to the Senate almost two decades ago. The maveric...
Jan 22, 2009 / John Nichols
Appoint a Cuomo to the Senate? Yes, Mario Appoint a Cuomo to the Senate? Yes, Mario
Caroline Kennedy is now officially out of the race for the New York U.S. Senate seat vacated by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. "I informed Governor Paterson today that for p...
Jan 22, 2009 / John Nichols
Exit Caroline Kennedy? Exit Caroline Kennedy?
Caroline Kennedy, briefly the frontrunner to replace Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as the senator from New York, is now reportedly out of the running. Or maybe she is still ...
Jan 22, 2009 / John Nichols