Is Obama Forgetting About Main Street? Is Obama Forgetting About Main Street?
There is no question that the United States is in a trade war. And it is losing. A country that month after month after month records trade deficits in the range of $50 billion ...
Feb 4, 2009 / John Nichols
Don’t Mourn for Daschle Don’t Mourn for Daschle
Tom Daschle has, under his usual cloud of scandal, withdrawn as President Obama's nominee to serve in the critical Cabinet position of Secretary of Health and Human Services. Rep...
Feb 3, 2009 / John Nichols
Calculations Could Add GOP Senator to Cabinet Calculations Could Add GOP Senator to Cabinet
With speculation running rampant that New Hampshire Republican Judd Gregg could be plucked from the Senate by President Obama and nominated to serve as Commerce Secretary, we retu...
Feb 1, 2009 / John Nichols
Dirty Trickster Steele Is New RNC Chair Dirty Trickster Steele Is New RNC Chair
When Michael Steele ran for Maryland's open US Senate in 2006, his backers hired 300 mostly poor African Americans from Philadelphia -- most if not all of them unemployed, many of...
Jan 30, 2009 / John Nichols
Vote for White House Farmer Vote for White House Farmer
Author Michael Pollan suggested last fall that the next president--as part of a broader move to encourage understanding of and support for sustainable agriculture--should appoint ...
Jan 30, 2009 / John Nichols
Senate Selection Scam Senate Selection Scam
Russ Feingold is leading the charge to close the constitutional loophole that allows governors to appoint senators.
Jan 28, 2009 / John Nichols
Labor Should Press Gillibrand On Trade Policy Labor Should Press Gillibrand On Trade Policy
Newly-minted New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is engaged in a political and ideological charm offensive -- moving left from the centrist (and in some cases Republican-lite) pos...
Jan 28, 2009 / John Nichols
Conyers Subpoenas Rove Conyers Subpoenas Rove
"Change has come to Washington, and I hope Karl Rove is ready for it," declared House Judiciary Committee chair John Conyers, D-Michigan, on Monday, when he issued a new subpoena ...
Jan 27, 2009 / John Nichols
Feingold Proposes Direct Election of ALL Senators Feingold Proposes Direct Election of ALL Senators
Following New York Governor David Paterson's controversial selection of Kirsten Gillibrand to fill the U.S. Senate vacancy created by the resignation of Secretary of State Hillary...
Jan 25, 2009 / John Nichols
Feingold Sees a Returning to the Rule of Law Feingold Sees a Returning to the Rule of Law
Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold has not had much to celebrate when it comes to the actions of the executive branch since he came to the Senate almost two decades ago. The maveric...
Jan 22, 2009 / John Nichols