John Nichols

National Affairs Correspondent

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John Nichols is a national affairs correspondent for The Nation. He has written, cowritten, or edited over a dozen books on topics ranging from histories of American socialism and the Democratic Party to analyses of US and global media systems. His latest, cowritten with Senator Bernie Sanders, is the New York Times bestseller It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism.

A Politician, Not a Diplomat A Politician, Not a Diplomat

Two weeks before the 2004 presidential election, the Bush administration's national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice, made a solemn pronouncement about her desire to remain outs...

Nov 17, 2004 / John Nichols

Frist’s Fury Over Filibusters Frist’s Fury Over Filibusters

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, the health insurance industry heir who went into politics for the purpose of protecting his family's financial interests against even the most t...

Nov 15, 2004 / John Nichols

Danger for Dems: A Moral Misstep Danger for Dems: A Moral Misstep

Democrats who place too much credence in those exit polls that suggest that American politics is being reshaped by voters who are charged up about "Moral Values"--as defined by so...

Nov 9, 2004 / John Nichols

The Missing Mandate The Missing Mandate

A day after the 2004 presidential voting was done, when it was finally possible to declare victory, Vice President Dick Cheney introduced a reelected President George W. Bush to t...

Nov 5, 2004 / John Nichols

Hammered Hammered

Any election result that gives Tom DeLay cause for celebration--and, make no mistake, the 2004 election gave the dark prince of Congress plenty to celebrate--ought to send a shar...

Nov 4, 2004 / John Nichols

Rove’s Race Rove’s Race

George W. Bush may have secured the presidency this week. But the real winner was Karl Rove. The White House political czar has solidified his position as the nation's campaigner...

Nov 3, 2004 / John Nichols

‘We Can Wait One More Night’ ‘We Can Wait One More Night’

Nothing frustrated Democratic loyalists more in 2000 than the sense that their presidential nominee, former Vice President Al Gore, failed to aggressively, and effectively, challe...

Nov 3, 2004 / John Nichols

Bush’s Lone Star Scheming Bush’s Lone Star Scheming

The final event on George W. Bush's schedule on the final day of the 2004 presidential election campaign was not a late-night gathering in a "battleground" state such as Florida o...

Nov 2, 2004 / John Nichols

Even Republicans Fear Bush Even Republicans Fear Bush

The most divisive election campaign in recent American history has not merely split the nation along party lines, it has split the Grand Old Party itself. Unfortunately, most Amer...

Oct 31, 2004 / John Nichols

Springsteen’s Political Poetry Springsteen’s Political Poetry

The art of political speechmaking is now so lost to the dark machinations of the spin doctors, pollsters and pundits that most Americans have never heard a live campaign speech of...

Oct 29, 2004 / John Nichols

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