Rahm Emanuel: Face of Change? Rahm Emanuel: Face of Change?
Clinton's NAFTA-backing insider is in the running for Obama chief of staff.
Nov 5, 2008 / John Nichols
Barack Obama’s Many Majorities Barack Obama’s Many Majorities
"If I should need to name, O Western World, your powerfulest scene and show," wrote the poet Walt Whitman on the occasion of a distant election, "I'd name the still-small voice vi...
Nov 5, 2008 / John Nichols
What to Watch For What to Watch For
As the longest presidential campaign in American history finally concludes, polls tell us that Americans are hugely invested in the election that will be decided -- they hope -- t...
Nov 4, 2008 / John Nichols
The Better Angels of Our Nature The Better Angels of Our Nature
At the close of his first inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln spoke to those who would divide the United States. "We are not enemies, but friends," said the 16th president. "We mu...
Nov 2, 2008 / John Nichols
The Grand Immoderation of Studs Terkel The Grand Immoderation of Studs Terkel
When Studs Terkel was in the seventh grade, his teacher, Miss Henrietta Boone, asked the smart young whippersnapper who he was supporting in the presidential election of 1924. "A...
Oct 31, 2008 / John Nichols
The Economist Backs ‘The Socialist’ The Economist Backs ‘The Socialist’
This writer has never taken particularly seriously the suggestion of Republican presidential candidate John McCain and his surrealist running-mate Sarah Palin that Democrat Barack...
Oct 30, 2008 / John Nichols
A Chronicle of Despair, A Promise of Change A Chronicle of Despair, A Promise of Change
Before he dismissed it as a "gauzy, feel-good commercial," John McCain really should have watched the thirty-minute television program that Barack Obama's campaign aired Wednesday...
Oct 30, 2008 / John Nichols
Vermont v. Bush Vermont v. Bush
Charlotte Dennett is running for Vermont attorney general on a platform that includes not letting George W. Bush get away with murder.
Oct 29, 2008 / John Nichols
Numbers Game: How to Read the Polls Now Numbers Game: How to Read the Polls Now
Barack Obama's poll numbers have been looking good for so long that it is easy for his supporters to assume a triumphalism stance as America's longest-ever presidential campaign e...
Oct 27, 2008 / John Nichols
Obama Highlights a Vote for McCain: George Bush’s Obama Highlights a Vote for McCain: George Bush’s
Barack Obama has gotten plenty of help from Republicans over the course of the past week. Former Secretary of State Colin Powell jumped party lines to endorse the Democrat for pr...
Oct 26, 2008 / John Nichols