Mark Warner’s Election Victory Mark Warner’s Election Victory
The last time Democrats elected a new president who had not been a governor was in 1960, when U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy was the party's nominee and the narrow victor of a conte...
Nov 9, 2005 / John Nichols
Swift Boat Attack on Bernie Sanders Swift Boat Attack on Bernie Sanders
The latest polls from Vermont show that U.S. Representative Bernie Sanders, the only independent member of the House, has a dramatic lead in the race for that state's open U.S. Se...
Nov 8, 2005 / John Nichols
¿Cómo Se Dice ‘Spin’? ¿Cómo Se Dice ‘Spin’?
George Bush had a tough time of it last weekend in Argentina. Mass demonstrations of opposition to the President's trade and economic policies greeted his every move. And even in...
Nov 7, 2005 / John Nichols
Congressmen Want Cheney to Testify Congressmen Want Cheney to Testify
Vice President Dick Cheney has had very little to say about the indictment of his former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice...
Nov 3, 2005 / John Nichols
Rise of an Opposition? Rise of an Opposition?
As remarkable as the concept may sound after years of Democratic dysfunction, something akin to a two-party system appeared to take shape November 1, the week after Scooter Lib...
Nov 3, 2005 / John Nichols
John Conyers and Rosa Parks John Conyers and Rosa Parks
The death last week of Rosa Parks at age 92 has inspired a predictableoutpouring of tributes from politicians of every partisan andideological bent. Even President Bush, a man who...
Nov 2, 2005 / John Nichols
Senate Democrats Show Some Spine Senate Democrats Show Some Spine
Senate minority leader Harry Reid forced Republicans into a closed-door session Tuesday to examine the Administration's use and misuse of intelligence on Iraq. Could Democrats fina...
Nov 1, 2005 / Feature / John Nichols
Cheney, Libby and the Mess They Made Cheney, Libby and the Mess They Made
Much of official Washington remains focused on the issues -- legal and political -- that have arisen from the indictment of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, the former chief of staff to ...
Nov 1, 2005 / John Nichols
Patrick Fitzgerald: It’s Not Over Patrick Fitzgerald: It’s Not Over
The most intriguing news with regard to special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald's investigation of the apparent effort by the Bush-Cheney administration to punish former Ambassador ...
Oct 28, 2005 / John Nichols
With Miers Out, The Games Begin With Miers Out, The Games Begin
Faced with a choice of Biblical proportions, America's born-again president decided to sacrifice Harriet Miers for Karl Rove's sins. On the day when much of official Washington w...
Oct 27, 2005 / John Nichols