Feingold Won’t Seek Democratic Nod Feingold Won’t Seek Democratic Nod
U.S. Senator Russ Feingold, D-Wisconsin, who many progressive activists had encouraged to seek the Democratic nomination for the presidency in 2008, has decided against making th...
Nov 12, 2006 / John Nichols
Listening to a Veteran Listening to a Veteran
Next week, one of the greatest war heroes to ever serve in Congress will return to Washington to discuss how the U.S. should extract itself from the quagmire in Iraq. Former Sen....
Nov 11, 2006 / John Nichols
The Crowded Progressive Caucus The Crowded Progressive Caucus
What will be the largest of the ideological caucuses in the new House Democratic majority? Why, of course, it must be the "centrists" affiliated with the Democratic Leadership Co...
Nov 10, 2006 / John Nichols
Hundreds of Communities Vote for Rapid Withdrawal Hundreds of Communities Vote for Rapid Withdrawal
Political and media insiders were willing to admit, albeit cautiously, that Tuesday's election results -- in which Democrats took control of Congress, with explicitly anti-war can...
Nov 9, 2006 / John Nichols
Measuring the Mandate Measuring the Mandate
Democrats will claim their electoral mandate by understanding how they won: by fielding activist candidates with a clear antiwar message and by defending civil liberties.
Nov 9, 2006 / John Nichols
Tester Takes Montana; Dems Close In on Majority Tester Takes Montana; Dems Close In on Majority
Democrat Jon Tester has defeated Montana Republican Conrad Burns, winning the 50th Democratic seat in the Senate. The Tester victory by a margin of more than 3,000 votes out of a...
Nov 8, 2006 / John Nichols
The Senate! UPDATED The Senate! UPDATED
With an early morning win in the tightly-contested state of Missouri and results that seemed to show Montana and Virginia tipping toward them, Democrats ended one of the most inte...
Nov 8, 2006 / John Nichols
The Iraq War Election The Iraq War Election
What is a one-word description for an anti-war Democrat? "Winner." Despite all the attempts to spin Tuesday's election results as something else, the single most important messag...
Nov 8, 2006 / John Nichols
The Anti-War Wave The Anti-War Wave
Everyone is talking about whether there will be a Democratic wave tonight. That's an important question, to be sure. But there are other, perhaps more telling, waves to watch for....
Nov 7, 2006 / John Nichols
Voting Reform Begins with Secretaries of State Voting Reform Begins with Secretaries of State
Worried about the integrity of today's election? You should be. The United States has a dysfunctional election system that produces unequal results depending on the state in which...
Nov 7, 2006 / John Nichols