The New Senate Democrat The New Senate Democrat
While Bill Bennett is on CNN spinning like a loose top--arguing that tonight represents the end of a liberal "Democrat" party… don't tell that to the voters of Ohio. To them, S...
Nov 8, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Non-Voting Machines Non-Voting Machines
We don't know the election result yet and thanks to the MSM killjoys we don't even know the exit polling at the moment, but what we do know is that the electronic voting machines ...
Nov 8, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Anti-War Wave The Anti-War Wave
Everyone is talking about whether there will be a Democratic wave tonight. That's an important question, to be sure. But there are other, perhaps more telling, waves to watch for....
Nov 7, 2006 / John Nichols
Ratherisms Ratherisms
It will apparently be a cold day in Texas before CBS forgives Dan Rather. Katie Couric will be turning to Bob Schieffer for expert advice, while Rather has been confined to basic ...
Nov 7, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Voting Reform Begins with Secretaries of State Voting Reform Begins with Secretaries of State
Worried about the integrity of today's election? You should be. The United States has a dysfunctional election system that produces unequal results depending on the state in which...
Nov 7, 2006 / John Nichols
Refusing to Swallow the Spin Refusing to Swallow the Spin
No one is going to suggest that the mainstream media that spent much of the last week of a critical national election campaign focusing on a non-candidate's failed attempt to tell...
Nov 7, 2006 / John Nichols
Voter Protection Resources Voter Protection Resources
With the need for democracy promotion at home all to clear – particularly voter protection in the face of new Jim Crow-like suppression tactics – many groups are responding t...
Nov 7, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
GOP’s Desperation Tactics GOP’s Desperation Tactics
A volunteer was handing out campaign literature for John Hall at a local grocery store in New York's 19th District yesterday. He received a conspicuous response from several vote...
Nov 6, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Don’t Get Lost Don’t Get Lost
Where to VoteNation reader Keith Kritselis wrote in about a new website he's trying to publicize. The goal is simple and straightforward: to help voters find their polling place. ...
Nov 6, 2006 / Peter Rothberg
The Pombo Ugly Last Campaign of Laura Bush The Pombo Ugly Last Campaign of Laura Bush
PLEASANTON, CA. -- Pity Laura Lane Welch Bush. A solid Democrat who placed her ideological values in a blind trust when she married into the Republican royal family, she now has b...
Nov 5, 2006 / John Nichols