Her McGovern Moment Her McGovern Moment
Hillary Clinton has recognized the value of courting antiwar voters.
Oct 11, 2007 / John Nichols
The “Draft Gore” Moment The “Draft Gore” Moment
Al Gore may well win a Nobel Peace Prize this week, which is no small accomplishment. But the more relentless of the former vice president's political proponents are saying, "Why ...
Oct 10, 2007 / John Nichols
Mitt Romney Goes All Alberto Gonzales on the Constitution Mitt Romney Goes All Alberto Gonzales on the Constitution
Call it the Alberto Gonzales approach to the system of checks and balances. Asked whether he would obey the Constitution and consult Congress before sending US troops into combat...
Oct 10, 2007 / John Nichols
George McGovern Backs Clinton George McGovern Backs Clinton
The sense that New York Senator Hillary Clinton presidential campaign is going from strength to strength grew Sunday as a new Des Moines Register poll showed her moving into the l...
Oct 8, 2007 / John Nichols
What Democracy Looks Like in Costa Rica What Democracy Looks Like in Costa Rica
Americans may have forgotten what democracy looks like. Our current president was chosen in 2000 not by the voters -- Al Gore won the popular vote by a comfortable margin of more...
Oct 5, 2007 / John Nichols
Clinton Says Bush Needs Congressional OK for Iran War Clinton Says Bush Needs Congressional OK for Iran War
New York Senator Hillary Clinton, the front-runner in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, will never be accused of being an anti-war firebrand when it comes to Ir...
Oct 4, 2007 / John Nichols
GOP Plots to Gay-Bash Craig Out of Senate GOP Plots to Gay-Bash Craig Out of Senate
Idaho Senate Larry Craig is fast becoming the inconvenient truth of Capitol Hill. The senator who first said he would resign after pleading guilty to charges related to an alleged...
Oct 3, 2007 / John Nichols
Blackwater’s Enablers at the State Department Blackwater’s Enablers at the State Department
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chair Henry Waxman finally got to the heart of the Blackwater contract-killing scandal when he reviewed emails detailing how the U.S...
Oct 2, 2007 / John Nichols
Obama’s Kennedy Vibe Obama’s Kennedy Vibe
What should be at least as intriguing about Obama's campaign as its largesse is the conscious effort by the candidate and his aides to grasp for another form of political gold: the...
Oct 2, 2007 / John Nichols
Congress Quietly Approves Billions More for Iraq War Congress Quietly Approves Billions More for Iraq War
The Senate agreed on Thursday to increase the federal debt limit by $850 billion -- from $8.965 trillion to $9.815 trillion -- and then proceeded to approve a stop-gap spending bi...
Sep 28, 2007 / John Nichols