Big-League Radio Big-League Radio
George Bush had best be careful when he fiddles with the radio dial in the presidential limousine on Inauguration Day.
Jan 13, 2005 / Feature / John Nichols
A Fight We Can Win A Fight We Can Win
The results of the last election of 2004 could foretell the first serious defeat for the Bush Administration's agenda in the new Congress.
Jan 13, 2005 / Feature / John Nichols
Dr. Dean Calling Dr. Dean Calling
Howard Dean elbowed his way into the 2005 contest for the chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee with the same unbridled energy, litany of ideas big and small and outs...
Jan 12, 2005 / John Nichols
An Election Reform Movement An Election Reform Movement
David Cobb, the Green Party presidential candidate who has devoted the past two months to the arduous task of pressing for a full review of the mess that Ohio officials made of th...
Jan 10, 2005 / John Nichols
Keep Objecting Keep Objecting
The decision of US Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-California, to sign on to the objection raised Thursday by US Rep. John Conyers Jr. and other House Democrats to the counting of Ohio's el...
Jan 6, 2005 / John Nichols
An Appropriate Objection An Appropriate Objection
American elections never play out perfectly.
Jan 6, 2005 / John Nichols
The State of US Elections The State of US Elections
American elections never play out perfectly. But the dramatic imperfections in the 2004 presidential election in Ohio, as detailed in a new report (see below) circulated by Repres...
Jan 6, 2005 / John Nichols
Shirley Chisholm’s Legacy Shirley Chisholm’s Legacy
Thirty-three years ago this month, a member of the U.S. House from Brooklyn challenged her party and her country to think more boldly than it ever had before about what the occupa...
Jan 4, 2005 / John Nichols
Bush Fails a Global Test Bush Fails a Global Test
George Bush ended 2004 on a sour note. But at least he maintained his record as the most disingenuous president since Richard Nixon. When other world leaders rushed to respond t...
Dec 30, 2004 / John Nichols
Rule One: Count Every Vote Rule One: Count Every Vote
Politics is a game played by rules. And the most important rule regarding close elections is that you don't win by being conciliatory during the recount process. Indeed, the only ...
Dec 27, 2004 / John Nichols