Clinton Backer McGovern: Time for Hillary to Quit Clinton Backer McGovern: Time for Hillary to Quit
When I interviewed George McGovern last summer about the Democratic presidential field last year, the liberal icon expressed the most enthusiasm about the candidacy of Illinois Se...
May 7, 2008 / John Nichols
Split Result Helps Obama, But Leaves Race Undone Split Result Helps Obama, But Leaves Race Undone
The race for the Democratic presidential nomination did not end Tuesday night. A split result -- North Carolina solidly for Barack Obama, Indiana narrowly for Hillary Clinton -- ...
May 7, 2008 / John Nichols
Dem Scenarios: An End, A Beginning, A Nightmare Dem Scenarios: An End, A Beginning, A Nightmare
The race for the Democratic presidential nomination is far more volatile now than it was on January 3, that distant day when hopeful Iowans trooped to their caucuses. And it is a ...
May 6, 2008 / John Nichols
Democrats Win Another GOP House Seat Democrats Win Another GOP House Seat
Democrats took another Republican-held U.S. House seat in a special election Saturday, suggesting that the party remains on track for significant expansion of its congressional ma...
May 4, 2008 / John Nichols
Indianapolis Star Backs Clinton Indianapolis Star Backs Clinton
"Regrettably," say the editors of the Indianapolis Star newspaper, Hillary Clinton "has pandered more to voters" than Barack Obama. But Indiana's largest newspaper did not regret...
May 2, 2008 / John Nichols
Former DNC Chair Switches From Clinton to Obama Former DNC Chair Switches From Clinton to Obama
Barack Obama is supposed be having a rough week – and, no doubt, Hillary Clinton and Bill O'Reilly are doing everything in their power to make it one. But Obama keeps pulling s...
May 1, 2008 / John Nichols
Wright, Jefferson and the Wrath of God Wright, Jefferson and the Wrath of God
"Just maybe now as that dialogue begins the religious tradition that has kept hope alive for a people struggling to survive in countless hopeless situations will be understood." ...
Apr 29, 2008 / John Nichols
Family Farmers Respond to the Food Crisis Family Farmers Respond to the Food Crisis
Looking for a responsible, moral and effective response to the global food crisis? Start by sending money to a group that is working to get food to starving people. I'm especiall...
Apr 28, 2008 / John Nichols
Playing the Race Card in North Carolina Playing the Race Card in North Carolina
The North Carolina Republican Party -- forged by the hand of Dixiecrat segregationists like Jesse ("White people, wake up before it is too late. Do you want Negroes working beside...
Apr 27, 2008 / John Nichols
McCain, Hagee and the Politics of God’s Wrath McCain, Hagee and the Politics of God’s Wrath
The whole controversy about John McCain's ties to radical preacher John Hagee has been miscast, both by McCain's critics and supporters – not to mention by our ministerially-obs...
Apr 24, 2008 / John Nichols