‘Mr. Nice Guy’ Feels the Heat ‘Mr. Nice Guy’ Feels the Heat
Running for the Democratic nomination for president has taught John Edwards some things he did not know about American politics. And not all of what the North Carolina senator has...
Feb 16, 2004 / John Nichols
Election Matters Election Matters
Percy Daley has seen a lot of politics in his eighty years, but he never saw anything like the crowd that showed up at the Belfast, Maine, city hall when Democrats gathered for t...
Feb 12, 2004 / John Nichols
‘I Think I Scared Them’ ‘I Think I Scared Them’
Howard Dean's supporters think he has gotten a raw deal from the media. And their candidate does not disagree. Even before the former frontrunner started to stumble at the pollin...
Feb 10, 2004 / John Nichols
‘Send Them a Message’ Voting ‘Send Them a Message’ Voting
Name the Democratic presidential candidates who scored unexpectedly strong showings in Democratic presidential caucuses over the weekend? John Kerry? No, it is not exactly news t...
Feb 9, 2004 / John Nichols
TRADE FIGHT: Edwards vs. Kerry TRADE FIGHT: Edwards vs. Kerry
John Edwards is preparing to mount an issue-based challenge to the John Kerry juggernaut. And the issue will be trade policy. Edwards, the North Carolina senator who many Democra...
Feb 6, 2004 / John Nichols
The ‘Electability’ Contest The ‘Electability’ Contest
"Oh, this is the guy who is supposed to get it," Pam Earle-Benbow said as John Kerry addressed a candidate forum that drew several thousand advocates for low-income families to t...
Feb 5, 2004 / John Nichols
Labor Ponders Edwards, Kerry Labor Ponders Edwards, Kerry
On what was, undoubtedly, the most important day so far for his campaign for the presidency, John Edwards arranged to take time away from shaking hands with actual voters in the c...
Feb 4, 2004 / John Nichols
Bush Slips–Even Further Bush Slips–Even Further
Moments after the polls closed in New Hampshire on January 27, Republican National Committee chairman Ed Gillespie declared that President Bush had won 94 percent of the Republica...
Feb 2, 2004 / John Nichols
The Media and Howard Dean The Media and Howard Dean
What if we lived in a parallel universe where Howard Dean was actually treated fairly by the media? I don't mean some Deaniac bizarro world where the former Vermont governor's "I...
Feb 1, 2004 / John Nichols
Bush Slips–Among Republicans Bush Slips–Among Republicans
FOR UPDATED FIGURES FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE'S REPUBLICAN PRIMARY, SEE "BUSH SLIPS-EVEN FURTHER" at: http://www.thenation.com/thebeat The record-high turnout in the New Hampshire Democ...
Jan 30, 2004 / John Nichols