John Nichols

National Affairs Correspondent

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John Nichols is a national affairs correspondent for The Nation. He has written, cowritten, or edited over a dozen books on topics ranging from histories of American socialism and the Democratic Party to analyses of US and global media systems. His latest, cowritten with Senator Bernie Sanders, is the New York Times bestseller It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism.

Ten Tips for Sorting Out Super Tuesday Spin Ten Tips for Sorting Out Super Tuesday Spin

Super Tuesday is such a monumental moment on the 2008 political calendar that the big day's voting actually voting began when it was still just ordinary Monday in America. And th...

Feb 5, 2008 / John Nichols

An Obama Sweep? What Are the Possibilities? An Obama Sweep? What Are the Possibilities?

Could Barack Obama "close the deal" on Super Tuesday? When almost two dozen states are voting, the Democratic presidential campaigns of both Illinois Senator Obama and New York S...

Feb 4, 2008 / John Nichols

Bill Clinton Campaigns… Against Ted Kennedy Bill Clinton Campaigns… Against Ted Kennedy

Do we think a certain former president might still be smarting over Ted Kennedy's decision to endorse Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton? Bill Clinton tried hard to land the endor...

Feb 3, 2008 / John Nichols

Ann Coulter’s Diabolical Campaign for Clinton Ann Coulter’s Diabolical Campaign for Clinton

Her critics may dismiss Ann Coulter as a "kooky-con," the craziest of conservatives. But there is nothing nutty about Coulter. If the right-wing diva appears to be crazy, it is c...

Feb 1, 2008 / John Nichols

Obama-Clinton? Clinton-Obama? Obama-Clinton? Clinton-Obama?

Politics, it is said, is show business for ugly people. So it only made sense when the Democratic presidential race came to Hollywood, viewers of the last debate before a score of...

Feb 1, 2008 / John Nichols

Exit Edwards, Stage Left Exit Edwards, Stage Left

His candidacy is ended, but John Edwards should continue his campaign to make economic justice in America the Democrats' core message.

Jan 31, 2008 / John Nichols

An Unreasonable Man May Run Again An Unreasonable Man May Run Again

On the day that John Edwards -- the only remaining Democratic contender whose positions earned praise from Ralph Nader -- quit the presidential race, supporters of the consumer ad...

Jan 31, 2008 / John Nichols

With a Last Call to Action, John Edwards Will Exit the Race With a Last Call to Action, John Edwards Will Exit the Race

John Edwards went back on Wednesday to New Orleans, the city where a year ago he launched a populist campaign to make poverty an issue in American politics. He did not arrive in ...

Jan 30, 2008 / John Nichols

McCain Wins — Without Most Conservatives McCain Wins — Without Most Conservatives

John McCain won a personal victory in Florida Tuesday night. But he still has not won the Republican ideological battle that will continue through Super Tuesday and perhaps deep ...

Jan 30, 2008 / John Nichols

Swamped in Florida: Another New Yorker’s Nightmare Swamped in Florida: Another New Yorker’s Nightmare

Florida is where the national political ambitions of New York mayors go to die. Rudy Giuliani will learn that lesson tonight if he finishes fourth -- as could happen -- in a Flor...

Jan 29, 2008 / John Nichols

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