Listening to a Veteran Listening to a Veteran
Next week, one of the greatest war heroes to ever serve in Congress will return to Washington to discuss how the U.S. should extract itself from the quagmire in Iraq. Former Sen....
Nov 11, 2006 / John Nichols
The Crowded Progressive Caucus The Crowded Progressive Caucus
What will be the largest of the ideological caucuses in the new House Democratic majority? Why, of course, it must be the "centrists" affiliated with the Democratic Leadership Co...
Nov 10, 2006 / John Nichols
Sweet Victories on a Sweet Night Sweet Victories on a Sweet Night
Of the many important wins Tuesday night that made up one, huge VICTORY for all, here are a few by candidates I had highlighted in a recent post: Jerry McNerney (D-CA) for Congre...
Nov 10, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Hundreds of Communities Vote for Rapid Withdrawal Hundreds of Communities Vote for Rapid Withdrawal
Political and media insiders were willing to admit, albeit cautiously, that Tuesday's election results -- in which Democrats took control of Congress, with explicitly anti-war can...
Nov 9, 2006 / John Nichols
The Big Story The Big Story
Maryland State Senator-elect Jamie Raskin won 99 percent of the vote today -- this after a brutal primary in which pundits declared his chances of winning were "impossible." His v...
Nov 8, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Tester Takes Montana; Dems Close In on Majority Tester Takes Montana; Dems Close In on Majority
Democrat Jon Tester has defeated Montana Republican Conrad Burns, winning the 50th Democratic seat in the Senate. The Tester victory by a margin of more than 3,000 votes out of a...
Nov 8, 2006 / John Nichols
Mandate for Peace Mandate for Peace
As the midterm election approached, polls showed Iraq as the number one issue on voters' minds and the number one issue they expect the new Congress to quickly address. "Despite...
Nov 8, 2006 / Peter Rothberg
A New Morality A New Morality
Citizens in Arizona, Missouri, Montana, and Ohio resoundingly passed minimum wage initiatives today. And in Colorado, voters are evenly split on the issue in early returns at the...
Nov 8, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Senate! UPDATED The Senate! UPDATED
With an early morning win in the tightly-contested state of Missouri and results that seemed to show Montana and Virginia tipping toward them, Democrats ended one of the most inte...
Nov 8, 2006 / John Nichols
The Iraq War Election The Iraq War Election
What is a one-word description for an anti-war Democrat? "Winner." Despite all the attempts to spin Tuesday's election results as something else, the single most important messag...
Nov 8, 2006 / John Nichols