Witching Hour Witching Hour
Witching Hour We are in the weird zone at just after 7 pm EST, when nobody really knowsanything and political types are flashing inside information around the country. I picke...
Nov 8, 2006 / The Nation
Smoke and Dirty Tricks in Virginia Smoke and Dirty Tricks in Virginia
With the Allen-Webb race in a dead heat, the Allen campaign is claiming that the incredibly high turnout in Virginia is from Christian conservatives who showed up to vote for the ...
Nov 7, 2006 / The Nation
The Machinery of Democracy The Machinery of Democracy
The great machinery of American democracy whirred into action thismorning, only to seize up and shut right down again--in precinct afterprecinct, county after county, and state af...
Nov 7, 2006 / The Nation
The Ad Wars – Election ’06 The Ad Wars – Election ’06
Below are five of the nastiest ads of the midterms. They offer a glimpse into what a party and its candidates do when the issues are stacked against them (Bush, Iraq, health care...
Nov 7, 2006 / The Nation
Flavor of the Cycle – Election ’06 Flavor of the Cycle – Election ’06
Tom Kean is down in the polls. So he's unleashing a desperate last-ditch effort to smear Sen. Bob Menendez (who I mention in a recent post on peace candidates). It involves the ...
Nov 7, 2006 / The Nation
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 / The Nation
South Dakota Surprise South Dakota Surprise
The most surprising story in this year's round of marriage amendments undoubtedly belongs to South Dakota (click here for other dispatches). Home to just 750,000 folks (89% white,...
Nov 6, 2006 / The Nation
November Surprise, the Sequel November Surprise, the Sequel
Are we really surprised? The Saddam Hussein verdict, scheduled for October 16 and then suddenly delayed last month (supposedly because the Iraqi special tribunal needed more time...
Nov 5, 2006 / The Nation
Early Obituary Early Obituary
Call me traditional, but I think it is still a little early to write a death notice for Republican prospects in Tuesday's elections. The polls and trends favor the Democrats, but ...
Nov 5, 2006 / The Nation
The Death of the “Values Voter” The Death of the “Values Voter”
Since the New Jersey Supreme Court issued its ruling on same-sex unions, Bush and the religious right have amped up their gay-baiting rhetoric in a last ditch effort to turn out s...
Nov 5, 2006 / The Nation