Clinton Lie Kills Her Credibility on Trade Policy Clinton Lie Kills Her Credibility on Trade Policy
What is the proper word for the claim by Hillary Clinton and the more factually disinclined supporters of her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination -- made in speech...
Mar 20, 2008 / John Nichols
Feingold Offers Best Democratic Rebuttal to Bush on Iraq Feingold Offers Best Democratic Rebuttal to Bush on Iraq
George Bush offered a predictable defense of his war in Iraq today, as the world marked the fifth anniversary of this quagmire. Barack Obama, who had the wherewithal to oppose it...
Mar 19, 2008 / John Nichols
Obama Delegate Cushion May Smother Clinton Momentum Obama Delegate Cushion May Smother Clinton Momentum
At a point when most of the media is treating the race between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton as a highly competitive one, Obama has slowly but steadily increased his delegate l...
Mar 17, 2008 / John Nichols
A Church Under Attack Says “No” to the Political Smears A Church Under Attack Says “No” to the Political Smears
Those who seek to discredit Barack Obama by bashing his former pastor are not just attacking the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., they are attacking Trinity United Church of Christ an...
Mar 16, 2008 / John Nichols
Howard Metzenbaum: The Last Ferocious Liberal Howard Metzenbaum: The Last Ferocious Liberal
When the Democratic Party was being remade in the 1980s and early 1990s as the second party of Wall Street, Howard Metzenbaum fought to defend the liberal values of Franklin Roose...
Mar 14, 2008 / John Nichols
Time for a Revote Time for a Revote
Holding Democratic primaries in Florida and Michigan a second time would send the message that Americans do not need to accept illegitimate elections.
Mar 13, 2008 / John Nichols
Spitzer Quits Spitzer Quits
New York Governor Eliot Spitzer announced this morning that he would step down as of Monday, ending a career that saw a meteoric rise followed by an even more meteoric fall. "I c...
Mar 12, 2008 / John Nichols
The Save Spitzer Campaign The Save Spitzer Campaign
Just about everyone seems to be calling for New York Governor Eliot Spitzer to step down in light of revelations regarding his apparent involvement with a prostitution ring -- and...
Mar 12, 2008 / John Nichols
David Paterson: Activist, Progressive…Governor David Paterson: Activist, Progressive…Governor
In 1999, when New York City activists organized civil disobedience to protest the police shooting of African-immigrant Amadou Diallo, one of New York state's most prominent legisl...
Mar 11, 2008 / John Nichols
Samantha Power and the Danger of Gotcha Politics Samantha Power and the Danger of Gotcha Politics
Samantha Power, the able foreign policy advisor to Barack Obama who referred to Hillary Clinton as a "monster," has quit her role with the Obama campaign. That's too bad, because...
Mar 8, 2008 / John Nichols