The Republican Dictionary The Republican Dictionary
At least until the draft comes, progressive Americans will not be fleeing en masse to Canada, despite the charming offer of so many compassionate Canadians to sacrifice their si...
Nov 9, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Small–But Sweet Victories Small–But Sweet Victories
I admit that it's hard in these post-election days to maintain a sense of hope in the face of the grief, anger and outrage over the prospect of a second Bush term. But millions ...
Nov 7, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Missing Mandate The Missing Mandate
A day after the 2004 presidential voting was done, when it was finally possible to declare victory, Vice President Dick Cheney introduced a reelected President George W. Bush to t...
Nov 5, 2004 / John Nichols
Winter in America Winter in America
The sublime (and sublimely troubled) singer/songwriter Gil Scott-Heron wrote in 1981 at the dawn of the Reagan Revolution of waking up one day to find "Winter in America." This ...
Nov 3, 2004 / Peter Rothberg
Rove’s Race Rove’s Race
George W. Bush may have secured the presidency this week. But the real winner was Karl Rove. The White House political czar has solidified his position as the nation's campaigner...
Nov 3, 2004 / John Nichols
Stand and Fight Stand and Fight
One thing we can say for certain at this point, after the grieving, the anger, is that the country is still bitterly divided. We saw two turnouts and Two Nations last night. Bot...
Nov 3, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
‘We Can Wait One More Night’ ‘We Can Wait One More Night’
Nothing frustrated Democratic loyalists more in 2000 than the sense that their presidential nominee, former Vice President Al Gore, failed to aggressively, and effectively, challe...
Nov 3, 2004 / John Nichols
Bush’s Lone Star Scheming Bush’s Lone Star Scheming
The final event on George W. Bush's schedule on the final day of the 2004 presidential election campaign was not a late-night gathering in a "battleground" state such as Florida o...
Nov 2, 2004 / John Nichols
Decision Day Decision Day
With the networks, the cable news stations, radio outlets, newspapers and magazines and, of course, the internet, this election will be the most widely reported electoral contest ...
Nov 2, 2004 / Peter Rothberg
Election Day Top Ten Election Day Top Ten
I couldn't let Election Day come and go without offering a top ten list of progressive groups working for change on November 2nd and beyond. Here, then, is my far-from-comprehensi...
Nov 1, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel