Sheila Wellstone’s Senate Career Sheila Wellstone’s Senate Career
When initial reports of Senator Paul Wellstone's death reached Minnesota's Capitol in St. Paul, Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party leaders and activists immediately asked: "W...
Oct 27, 2002 / John Nichols
Paul Wellstone, 1944-2002 Paul Wellstone, 1944-2002
For grassroots economic and social justice activists, there was never any doubt about the identity of their representative in Washington.
Oct 25, 2002 / Feature / John Nichols
The Fight for the Senate The Fight for the Senate
The man behind the "Jeffords Jump" is aiding Democratic efforts to stay on top.
Oct 24, 2002 / Feature / John Nichols
Rewarding Dissent Rewarding Dissent
Democrat Paul Wellstone, the only vulnerable incumbent senator to vote against blank-check authorization to use force against Iraq, is locked in one of the year's closest Senat...
Oct 24, 2002 / Feature / John Nichols
Money Flows Into Anti-Wellstone Campaign Money Flows Into Anti-Wellstone Campaign
US Sen. Paul Wellstone, D-Minnesota, is the Democrat the Bush administration loves to hate. White House political director Karl Rove personally selected Wellstone's Republican cha...
Oct 24, 2002 / John Nichols
Five Ways To Help Win The House Five Ways To Help Win The House
Strategic lessons for a Democratic Party that is having trouble finding its way.
Oct 17, 2002 / Feature / John Nichols
Many Dems Reject War Resolution Many Dems Reject War Resolution
A majority of House Democrats on Thursday rejected President Bush's request for blank-check authority to wage war with Iraq, despite the fact that House Minority Leader Richard Ge...
Oct 11, 2002 / John Nichols
Could Turnout Turn Jeb Out? Could Turnout Turn Jeb Out?
Opponents of the Florida governor are organizing voters still angry about 2000.
Oct 10, 2002 / Feature / John Nichols
Gaining Governors Gaining Governors
While the Bush Administration's beating of the war drums has drowned out domestic policy debates that should be shaping competition for control of Congress, bread-and-butter is...
Oct 10, 2002 / Feature / John Nichols
Byrd Chastises White House, Democrats Byrd Chastises White House, Democrats
Even though he is unlikely to succeed in preventing a Congressional grant of blank-check warmaking powers to the Bush administration, Senator Robert Byrd, D-West Virginia, has don...
Oct 7, 2002 / John Nichols