No Longer Pushing the Death Penalty No Longer Pushing the Death Penalty
BOSTON -- The Democratic party platform that will be adopted this week includes one particularly significant change from the platforms adopted by the party conventions of 1992, 19...
Jul 27, 2004 / John Nichols
Tammy Baldwin’s Turn Tammy Baldwin’s Turn
BOSTON -- When Tammy Baldwin takes the stage at the Democratic National Convention Monday night, with a prime-time speaking slot on a star-studded bill that includes two former pr...
Jul 26, 2004 / John Nichols
The Rep From Fahrenheit 9/11 The Rep From Fahrenheit 9/11
Watch this space for daily posts from the DNC in Boston. ********** "The American people appreciate being told the truth," announced Cynthia McKinney, as she and her cheering su...
Jul 22, 2004 / John Nichols
Canceled Elections Canceled Elections
What with all the controversy that arose after one of President Bush's appointees to the federal Election Assistance Commission sought to establish guidelines for suspending the N...
Jul 19, 2004 / John Nichols
Election Matters Election Matters
Rosa DeLauro, the savvy Connecticut Congresswoman whom Democratic leaders and the Kerry for President campaign put in charge of drafting the party's 2004 platform, says, "It refl...
Jul 15, 2004 / John Nichols
Dean Debates Nader Dean Debates Nader
Dean advises quitting. Nader calls him "a detergent for the dirty linen of the Democratic Party."
Jul 9, 2004 / Feature / John Nichols
Dean Debates Nader Dean Debates Nader
When Howard Dean's outsider campaign for Democratic presidential nomination began to take off year ago, Ralph Nader was at least somewhat enthusiastic about the enterprise, going...
Jul 9, 2004 / John Nichols
Bush Campaign’s Political Fiction Bush Campaign’s Political Fiction
At the risk of bringing too much clarity to the overheated discussion about whether Arizona Senator John McCain really was John Kerry's "first choice" for the number two spot on t...
Jul 7, 2004 / John Nichols
Cautious Kerry Chooses Charisma Cautious Kerry Chooses Charisma
Never let it be said that John Kerry rushes to judgement.
Jul 6, 2004 / Feature / John Nichols
Cautious Kerry Chooses Charisma Cautious Kerry Chooses Charisma
Never let it be said that John Kerry rushes to judgement. Four months after just about every other Democrat had decided a Kerry-Edwards ticket was the best bet for the party, the ...
Jul 6, 2004 / John Nichols