Clinton Will Be Placed In Nomination Clinton Will Be Placed In Nomination
New York Senator Hillary Clinton will become the first challenger to a presumptive Democratic nominee for president to be placed in nomination at a party convention since Jerry Br...
Aug 15, 2008 / John Nichols
Seeing Through John McCain–Even From Afar Seeing Through John McCain–Even From Afar
Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili is on to John McCain's games. Despite the fact that Saakashvili has quite a bit on his mind this week, the leader of the former Soviet stat...
Aug 13, 2008 / John Nichols
The Swing State on the Black Sea The Swing State on the Black Sea
The conflict between Russia and Georgia came just in time for Barack Obama. Despite John McCain's efforts to exploit concern about the Russian military assault on its neighbor --...
Aug 12, 2008 / John Nichols
Platform Fight: Activists Win Commitment to Guaranteed Care Platform Fight: Activists Win Commitment to Guaranteed Care
"Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane." -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Pressured by progressive activists who objected to th...
Aug 10, 2008 / John Nichols
Platform Fight: What About Guaranteed Health Care for All? Platform Fight: What About Guaranteed Health Care for All?
The Democratic Party's draft platform offers little in the way of a serious promise of health-care reform. The document reads as if it was written by the insurance industry rathe...
Aug 9, 2008 / John Nichols
Losing the Human Rights Olympics Losing the Human Rights Olympics
When the International Olympic Committee formally awarded Beijing the privilege of hosting the 2008 Olympic Games seven years ago, they accepted assurances from the historically r...
Aug 7, 2008 / John Nichols
Is it Obama-Bayh? Is it Obama-Bayh?
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama arrives in Indiana at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday night and he will remain in the state until 3:30 p.m. Wednesday. The question of the day is...
Aug 5, 2008 / John Nichols
Seeking a Health Care for All Platform Seeking a Health Care for All Platform
Progressive Democrats of America continues its campaign to add a firm commitment to universal health care to the 2008 Democratic platform. PDA activists were at the platform commi...
Aug 4, 2008 / John Nichols
Democratic Platform Should Commit to Real Reform Democratic Platform Should Commit to Real Reform
The Democratic Party will get serious about the platform-writing the process, as hearings of the 2008 convention's platform committee kick off in Cleveland. But not too serious. ...
Aug 1, 2008 / John Nichols
Rethinking the Veepstakes Rethinking the Veepstakes
The process of picking a Vice President needn't be the craven political exercise it is today. Do we even need one?
Jul 31, 2008 / John Nichols