Why Super Tuesday? Why Super Tuesday?
Most people paying any attention know when Super Tuesday is? February 5. But many people have more trouble explaining what the day actually represents and entails and why the day ...
Jan 31, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
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
Slavery in the Union Slavery in the Union
"We must ensure that all life is treated with the dignity it deserves," President Bush declared during his final State of the Union address. He then segued into a call to ban hum...
Jan 30, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
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
The Sorry State of a Lame-Duck’s Legacy The Sorry State of a Lame-Duck’s Legacy
The Constitution requires that presidents "from time to time give to Congress information of the State of the Union and recommend to their Consideration such measures as he shall ...
Jan 29, 2008 / John Nichols
Hillary’s Florida Flip Hillary’s Florida Flip
Hillary Clinton has decided to rewrite the rules of the race for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. Like other candidates, she pledged not to campaign in Florida after ...
Jan 28, 2008 / John Nichols
Chill, Bill Chill, Bill
It is time to pull Bill Clinton off the campaign trail he never should have gotten on. Yes, the former president is still a "rock star" in Democratic circles. Yes, he still has r...
Jan 27, 2008 / John Nichols
With Kucinich’s Exit, Democratic Discourse is Diminished With Kucinich’s Exit, Democratic Discourse is Diminished
The media managers of the 2008 presidential contest worked for months to get Dennis Kucinich off the stage and out of the running. And they have finally succeeded, as the Ohio Con...
Jan 25, 2008 / John Nichols