Constitution in Crisis, Candidates in Denial Constitution in Crisis, Candidates in Denial
Constitution Day has arrived without major statements from Democrat Barack Obama or Republican John McCain on the need to restore this country's commitment to the rule of law. In...
Sep 17, 2008 / John Nichols
Republicans Sue Republicans to Help Palin Republicans Sue Republicans to Help Palin
ANCHORAGE -- Here is an interesting twist on the McCain campaign's determined effort to shut down the investigation of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's abuses of power in what has co...
Sep 16, 2008 / John Nichols
Campaigning to Restore the Constitution Campaigning to Restore the Constitution
Two hundred and twenty-one years ago this week, the Constitutional Convention that had gathered in the touchstone city of Philadelphia to replace the Articles of Confederation wit...
Sep 15, 2008 / John Nichols
“Come Talk about Sarah Palin” “Come Talk about Sarah Palin”
ANCHORAGE – Ed Schultz, the nationally syndicated radio host, came to Alaska looking to find out about Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin. The North Dakota-based ...
Sep 14, 2008 / John Nichols
Palin Channels Cheney’s 9/11-Iraq Falsehoods Palin Channels Cheney’s 9/11-Iraq Falsehoods
When everyone's attention was focusing on Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's less-than-reassuring interview about foreign policy with ABC News anchor Charlie Gibson, the Republican nom...
Sep 12, 2008 / John Nichols
Looking Forward, Rather Than Backward, on Another 9-11 Looking Forward, Rather Than Backward, on Another 9-11
The various speeches, statements, pronouncements and pontifications by the president and the political class arrayed around him on this seventh anniversary of the September 11, 20...
Sep 11, 2008 / John Nichols
The McCain Support That Dare Not Speak Its Name The McCain Support That Dare Not Speak Its Name
Last week's Republican National Convention heard plenty of testimonies to John McCain's character. Indeed, while the frenzy over Sarah Palin's selection as the party's vice presi...
Sep 10, 2008 / John Nichols
Cheney on Palin: She’s “Superb!” Cheney on Palin: She’s “Superb!”
Vice President Dick Cheney is such an appealing and popular figure that Republicans decided to dispatch the "Darth Vader" of American politics on an "urgent" international mission...
Sep 8, 2008 / John Nichols
What McCain Needs to Tell Us About Sarah Palin What McCain Needs to Tell Us About Sarah Palin
Now that the Republican National Convention is done, there is much speculation about how Alaska Governor Sarah Palin will respond to questions from the media that she so pointedly...
Sep 6, 2008 / John Nichols
The Anti-Republican Who Is Really a Republican The Anti-Republican Who Is Really a Republican
ST. PAUL – In the eighth year of Republican dominance of the executive branch of the federal government, after an extended period in which Republicans also controlled the legisl...
Sep 5, 2008 / John Nichols