The Iowa Surprise The Iowa Surprise
Everything about Howard Dean's "Iowa Perfect Storm" strategy seemed to go perfectly, right up to the point at which Iowans actually started voting in the first-in-the-nation cauc...
Jan 22, 2004 / John Nichols
IOWA: Caucusing for Kerry, Edwards IOWA: Caucusing for Kerry, Edwards
DUBUQUE, Iowa -- "We got beat by the nuns," said Carol Petrick, a disappointed supporter of Howard Dean as it became evident that her candidate was going to get whipped by John Ke...
Jan 20, 2004 / John Nichols
IOWA: Kerry Runs as JFK IOWA: Kerry Runs as JFK
GUTTENBERG, Iowa – John Forbes Kerry, who has moved into the frontrunner position in key polls of Iowans who will set the course of the Democratic presidential campaign at Monda...
Jan 19, 2004 / John Nichols
IOWA: President Bartlet Hits the Trail IOWA: President Bartlet Hits the Trail
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet's name cannot be found on the list of candidates contending on Monday for votes at Iowa's first-in-the-nation Democratic presi...
Jan 17, 2004 / John Nichols
IOWA: Moseley Braun and Dean IOWA: Moseley Braun and Dean
DES MOINES -- When the Rev. Al Sharpton tore into Howard Dean's minority hiring record during Sunday's Iowa Black and Brown Forum debate here among the Democratic presidential con...
Jan 15, 2004 / John Nichols
DC VOTE: Dean’s Real; So Is Sharpton DC VOTE: Dean’s Real; So Is Sharpton
While the fact was little noted, voting has finally begun in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. More than 43,000 voters in Washington, DC, participated in a non-...
Jan 14, 2004 / John Nichols
IOWA: John Edwards’ moment IOWA: John Edwards’ moment
DES MOINES -- The big news story out of Iowa last week told of the endorsement by U.S. Senator Tom Harkin of Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean. Harkin, Iowa's senior D...
Jan 12, 2004 / John Nichols
Dean’s Fifty-State Strategy Dean’s Fifty-State Strategy
Iowa and New Hampshire are important, but it takes 2,162 delegates to win.
Jan 8, 2004 / Feature / John Nichols
Comparing Bush and a Certain Dictator Comparing Bush and a Certain Dictator
It is safe to say that Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie never met a truth he did not seek to distort. So it should come as no surprise that the lobbyist-turned-...
Jan 7, 2004 / John Nichols
Willie Nelson sings for peace, Kucinich Willie Nelson sings for peace, Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich still faces an uphill climb in his campaign to win the Democratic presidential nomination. But his anti-Iraq war candidacy has already inspired better music than t...
Jan 4, 2004 / John Nichols