Double-Digit Unemployment Is Obama’s No. 1 Challenge Double-Digit Unemployment Is Obama’s No. 1 Challenge
For the first time in more than a quarter century, unemployment in the United States has reached double digits. That's bad economic news for America, which has now been shedding ...
Nov 6, 2009 / John Nichols
Horror at Fort Hood Inspires Horribly Predictable Islamophobia Horror at Fort Hood Inspires Horribly Predictable Islamophobia
Last Thursday's shooting spree at the Fort Hood army base in Texas -- which left 13 people dead and 29 wounded -- was of course the "horrific outburst of violence" that President ...
Nov 6, 2009 / John Nichols
House Adopts Know-Nothing Approach to Middle-East House Adopts Know-Nothing Approach to Middle-East
The Congress of the United States went out of its way this week to embarrass itself. At issue was a House resolution "calling on the President and the Secretary of State to oppos...
Nov 5, 2009 / John Nichols
Election Tea Leaves Election Tea Leaves
What did we learn from the off-year elections?
Nov 4, 2009 / John Nichols
A Year Later, Obama Needs to Start Campaigning Again A Year Later, Obama Needs to Start Campaigning Again
MADISON, WI --One year ago Tuesday, Barack Obama redefined American electioneering to such an extent that it was possible to believe that the success of his transformational campa...
Nov 4, 2009 / John Nichols
Four Off-Year Election Scenarios Four Off-Year Election Scenarios
Yes, yes, we've all heard the "all-politics-is-local" bromide with regard to off-year elections. While it is no longer an operative, let alone true, statement – as the nationa...
Nov 4, 2009 / John Nichols
Bloomberg Wins, But Barely Bloomberg Wins, But Barely
Yes, of course, everyone was watching Virginia, New Jersey and upstate New York on Tuesday's off-year election night. But one of the most dramatic stories played out in New York ...
Nov 4, 2009 / John Nichols
House Wins Offset Gubernatorial Losses for Obama, Dems House Wins Offset Gubernatorial Losses for Obama, Dems
White House aides announced Tuesday night that President Obama was not watching off-year election results on television. Actually, the president should have been watching. Indee...
Nov 3, 2009 / John Nichols
Tale of Two Special Elections: One Shifts Right, The Other Left Tale of Two Special Elections: One Shifts Right, The Other Left
The Washington Post positions itself as a "must-read" daily almanac of the political class – a reliable source of information and insight regarding all things electoral. That g...
Nov 2, 2009 / John Nichols
“Tea Party Activists Are the New GOP” “Tea Party Activists Are the New GOP”
Richard Viguerie, the legendary hard-right activist who spent much of the past decade arguing that George W. Bush and Dick Cheney were too liberal, now declares that the days of e...
Nov 1, 2009 / John Nichols