Democrats Could Win Key Senate Races Democrats Could Win Key Senate Races
Democratic candidates are gaining in key Senate races and could tip the balance in the next Congress.
Oct 8, 2008 / Feature / John Nichols
No More Stolen Elections! No More Stolen Elections!
The 2000 presidential election was an in-broad-daylight assault on both the concept of democracy and its practice in the United States. Democrat Al Gore received 543,895 more vote...
Oct 8, 2008 / John Nichols
Obama v. McCain: “Fundamental Difference” on Health Care Obama v. McCain: “Fundamental Difference” on Health Care
NASHVILLE -- Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama offered radically different responses to what was arguably the best question asked so far in any of this year's debat...
Oct 8, 2008 / John Nichols
Palin: “Just Trying to Give Tina Fey More Material” Palin: “Just Trying to Give Tina Fey More Material”
The surreal satire of a political campaign that is Sarah Palin's quest for the vice presidency touched down Sunday in Nebraska, a state that has reliably backed Republicans presid...
Oct 6, 2008 / John Nichols
House Backs Bailout, Despite Lingering Concerns House Backs Bailout, Despite Lingering Concerns
President Bush did not wait long to begin the redistribution of wealth upward. He signed Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson's $700 billion bailout plan into law Friday afternoon, sh...
Oct 3, 2008 / John Nichols
Biden Teaches Palin the Meaning of ‘Maverick’ Biden Teaches Palin the Meaning of ‘Maverick’
ST. LOUIS -- On the night after the U.S. Senate endorsed a $700 billion plan to bail out collapsing banks, and on the day before the U.S. House will be asked to do the same, the e...
Oct 3, 2008 / John Nichols
Obama, McCain Join Senate Majority for Bailout Obama, McCain Join Senate Majority for Bailout
Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain pulled off the presidential campaign trail just long enough on Wednesday night to cast what both of these cautious contenders hop...
Oct 2, 2008 / John Nichols
Sanders on Bailout: “Let Paulson and His Friends Pay For It.” Sanders on Bailout: “Let Paulson and His Friends Pay For It.”
The Senate will vote this evening on some version of Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson's proposal to bail out bad bankers with a massive infusion of taxpayer dollars into the nation...
Oct 1, 2008 / John Nichols
The “No BAILOUTS Act” The “No BAILOUTS Act”
There is nothing more frustrating than listening to defenders of fundamentally flawed bailout plan that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and top Democratic and Republican leaders failed...
Sep 30, 2008 / John Nichols
A Congress That Can Say “No!” A Congress That Can Say “No!”
Texas Congressman Lloyd Doggett, one of the few members of the US House with a steady track record of keeping his head at chaotic moments, was not impressed by the fact that the B...
Sep 29, 2008 / John Nichols