Campaigns and Elections

Why I’m for Dean Why I’m for Dean

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Nov 26, 2003 / William Greider

Why Jesse Jr. Backs Dean Why Jesse Jr. Backs Dean

No single endorsement, save that of next July's party convention, will decide the winner of what remains a remarkably unsettled race for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Nov 20, 2003 / John Nichols

Dean’s New Southern Strategy Dean’s New Southern Strategy

Historically, the Confederate flag is a symbol of the Democratic Party.

Nov 18, 2003 / Jesse Jackson Jr.

Waving the Flag Waving the Flag

All right, so maybe Howard Dean could have thought of a better way of reaching out to white Southern men than saying he wanted "to be the candidate for guys with Confederate fl...

Nov 13, 2003 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Rocking the Hip-Hop Vote Rocking the Hip-Hop Vote

Russell Simmons was never a young voter. The 46-year-old hip-hop tycoon cast his first vote in a presidential election seven years ago, he says, at the age of 39.

Nov 13, 2003 / Kristin V. Jones

The Candidates on Iraq The Candidates on Iraq

What would you do now in Iraq? is the question confronting the Democratic presidential candidates.

Nov 13, 2003 / David Corn

Dean With a Small ‘d’ Dean With a Small ‘d’

CLARIFICATION: In last week's editorial "Dean With a Small 'd,'" we mentioned Dick Gephardt's refusal to sign a campaign-reform pledge. The pledge, which strengthens public financi...

Nov 13, 2003 / The Editors

The Democrat-Green Death Struggle The Democrat-Green Death Struggle

In 2000, George W. Bush won 48 percent of the national vote, against a combined total of 52 percent for Al Gore and Ralph Nader.

Nov 6, 2003 / Feature / Micah L. Sifry

Ralph Redux? Ralph Redux?

Not only Democrats but many Greens oppose a Nader run in 2004.

Nov 6, 2003 / Feature / Micah L. Sifry

Also Turned Away Also Turned Away

Forty-four states in the United States today bar people with mental illnesses from voting.

Nov 6, 2003 / Feature / Michael Chandler and Jamie York

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