Will Pelosi Get Congress to Give Bush Another $70 Billion in Ira Will Pelosi Get Congress to Give Bush Another $70 Billion in Ira
Just days after it was revealed that she was briefed in 2002 on the use of waterboarding and other torture techniques by U.S. interrogators an raised no objections, House Speaker ...
Dec 11, 2007 / John Nichols
Pelosi and Torture Pelosi and Torture
That House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been a disappointing leader for House Democrats, few serious observers of the congressional condition will deny. But, now, she appears to be so...
Dec 10, 2007 / John Nichols
Governor Romney, You’re No Jack Kennedy Governor Romney, You’re No Jack Kennedy
There was irony in the fact that George Herbert Walker Bush introduced former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney's much-anticipated speech on religion and politics. Almost four d...
Dec 6, 2007 / John Nichols
Will Clinton, Obama, Biden and Dodd Show for Key Farm Vote? Will Clinton, Obama, Biden and Dodd Show for Key Farm Vote?
Senators Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Chris Dodd are all running around Iowa telling farmers how much they care about them. But do the Democratic presidential con...
Dec 6, 2007 / John Nichols
Shame on Obama and Clinton for Skipping Peru Trade Vote Shame on Obama and Clinton for Skipping Peru Trade Vote
New York Senator Hillary Clinton and Illinois Senator Barack Obama desperately want Democrats to believe that they are serious about serving the American people as the next presid...
Dec 4, 2007 / John Nichols
Bush Buddy Putin Trumps Democracy, Chavez Embraces It Bush Buddy Putin Trumps Democracy, Chavez Embraces It
So how's George Bush's campaign for to spread his version of "democracy" going? The results are in from the American president's favorite former superpower, the Russian Federatio...
Dec 3, 2007 / John Nichols
Incident in Rochester, Challenge for Clinton Incident in Rochester, Challenge for Clinton
The problem for Hillary Clinton that arises from the incident in which a disturbed man invaded her Rochester, New Hampshire, campaign headquarters is not any kind of physical thre...
Dec 2, 2007 / John Nichols
Obama vs. Clinton, Edwards and Paul Krugman Obama vs. Clinton, Edwards and Paul Krugman
Give New York Times columnist Paul Krugman a little credit for pointing out the uncomfortable fact that Illinois Senator Barack Obama is campaigning against universal health care....
Nov 30, 2007 / John Nichols
Hagel on Bush & Cheney: “They Have Failed the Country” Hagel on Bush & Cheney: “They Have Failed the Country”
It is too bad that Chuck Hagel decided against running for the Republican nomination for president. While it is true that Texas Congressman Ron Paul is saying much of what the Rep...
Nov 29, 2007 / John Nichols
Out-Tancredoing Tancredo at GOP’s Anti-Immigrant Debate Out-Tancredoing Tancredo at GOP’s Anti-Immigrant Debate
Tom Tancredo, the immigration-crazed congressman from Colorado, is never going to be the Republican nominee for president. But Wednesday's night's CNN/YouTube debate confirmed tha...
Nov 29, 2007 / John Nichols