Chill, Bill Chill, Bill
It is time to pull Bill Clinton off the campaign trail he never should have gotten on. Yes, the former president is still a "rock star" in Democratic circles. Yes, he still has r...
Jan 27, 2008 / John Nichols
With Kucinich’s Exit, Democratic Discourse is Diminished With Kucinich’s Exit, Democratic Discourse is Diminished
The media managers of the 2008 presidential contest worked for months to get Dennis Kucinich off the stage and out of the running. And they have finally succeeded, as the Ohio Con...
Jan 25, 2008 / John Nichols
Progressive Democratic Challengers Progressive Democratic Challengers
With the Congressional race under way, the essential question is: will the Democrats be more progressive post-Bush?
Jan 24, 2008 / Feature / John Nichols
DNC Should Encourage Democrats to Campaign in Florida DNC Should Encourage Democrats to Campaign in Florida
Florida will not just hold a Republican primary next Tuesday. It will also hold a Democratic primary. The dynamics of the contests could not be more different, however. Republic...
Jan 24, 2008 / John Nichols
Obama Reaches the Mountaintop Obama Reaches the Mountaintop
In the duel of King Holiday weekend speeches, there is no question that Barack Obama won. Indeed, on Sunday, he delivered the finest speech of a campaign that has heard the senat...
Jan 21, 2008 / John Nichols
Wexler: Election Can’t Distract From Holding Cheney to Account Wexler: Election Can’t Distract From Holding Cheney to Account
This work of electing a new president is important, indeed. And it is exciting, especially as the contests for both the Democratic and Republican nominations remain unsettled. B...
Jan 19, 2008 / John Nichols
A Must-Win State for Obama A Must-Win State for Obama
Caucuses are indefensibly awful ways in which to select delegates to a political party's national convention, and they are an even worse way in which to sort out the field of cand...
Jan 18, 2008 / John Nichols
Obama and the Reagan Wing of the Democratic Party Obama and the Reagan Wing of the Democratic Party
"The genius of American democracy has somehow done it again. George Bush is the right president at the right time." So declared the consistently-conservative Las Vegas Review-Jou...
Jan 18, 2008 / John Nichols
Michigan’s Ominous Message for Hillary Clinton Michigan’s Ominous Message for Hillary Clinton
DETROIT -- The question in Tuesday's Michigan Democratic primary was not whether Hillary Clinton could beat anybody. The question was whether Clinton could beat nobody. As the o...
Jan 16, 2008 / John Nichols
MLK, LBJ, Clinton, Obama and the Politics of Memory MLK, LBJ, Clinton, Obama and the Politics of Memory
In the agonizingly absurd civil rights "debate" between the supporters of Democrartic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, I'm with the Lion of Anacostia. "I...
Jan 14, 2008 / John Nichols