To Know Mitt Romney Is Not to Love Him To Know Mitt Romney Is Not to Love Him
DETROIT -- To know Mitt Romney is not to love him. Just ask veteran Michigan Republican leader William Milliken. There is no living political figure who has been more closely as...
Jan 14, 2008 / John Nichols
A Win for a Woman, a Historic First for Women A Win for a Woman, a Historic First for Women
When New York Senator Hillary Clinton won the New Hampshire primary Tuesday, a press release from the National Organization for Women's political action committee noted that she h...
Jan 11, 2008 / John Nichols
GOP Dilemmas GOP Dilemmas
John McCain is just enough of an outsider to keep the GOP competitive in a "change" election.
Jan 10, 2008 / John Nichols
On to Michigan, Nevada… and Maybe Oregon On to Michigan, Nevada… and Maybe Oregon
MANCHESTER, NH – New Hampshire has rewritten a script that called for settling the Democratic and Republican presidential nomination contests by February 5 at the latest. The s...
Jan 9, 2008 / John Nichols
Ten Questions In Search of Answers From New Hampshire Ten Questions In Search of Answers From New Hampshire
PORTSMOUTH, NH -- The first questions every observer will ask when NewHampshire polling places close their doors around 8 tonight and clerkstabulate the results of the Democratic ...
Jan 8, 2008 / John Nichols
The Return of the King… for Kucinich The Return of the King… for Kucinich
MANCHESTER, NH -- Anyone who has seen the trilogy of "Lord of the Rings" films knows that Aragorn is up for a daunting battle. And so it should probably come as no surprise that t...
Jan 7, 2008 / John Nichols
The Smartest Political Strategist Not in New Hampshire The Smartest Political Strategist Not in New Hampshire
Most of the people who made Barack Obama the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination – a status that new polls suggest will be confirmed when New Hampshire voters...
Jan 6, 2008 / John Nichols
Writing the New Narrative of American Politics in Precinct 19 Writing the New Narrative of American Politics in Precinct 19
DUBUQUE – As they left Dubuque County Precinct 19's Democratic presidential caucus, supporters of Illinois Senator Barack Obama grabbed up campaign signs they had placed a few h...
Jan 4, 2008 / John Nichols
The Mad-Money Primary Race The Mad-Money Primary Race
If we don't fix the nominating process this year, it will be even worse in 2012.
Jan 3, 2008 / Feature / John Nichols
A Fierce Populism and the Soft Promise of “More Light” A Fierce Populism and the Soft Promise of “More Light”
DES MOINES -- Embracing the legacy of a grandfather who "worked the graveyard shift... in the mills," quoting Democratic icons Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman and recounting t...
Jan 3, 2008 / John Nichols