Campaigns and Elections

Voters Rising Voters Rising

As John Lantigua recounts on page 11, the Florida election travesty looks even seamier in retrospect than it did at the time. Worse yet, as secretaries of state from across the co...

Apr 12, 2001 / The Editors

Black Politics in the Bush Era: Fallout From 2000 Will Continue Black Politics in the Bush Era: Fallout From 2000 Will Continue

Angry over the Florida debacle, African-Americans may retaliate in 2002.

Apr 12, 2001 / Feature / Ron Walters

Beyond McCain-Feingold Beyond McCain-Feingold

The Senate's passage of McCain-Feingold was welcome if only as a comeuppance to the Trent Lotts and Mitch McConnells who had arrogantly defied popular sentiment by keeping the ...

Apr 5, 2001 / The Editors

Pundits Who Predict the Future Are Always Wrong Pundits Who Predict the Future Are Always Wrong

A glance back to 1964 shows that predictions are always wrong and always political--and that the left's possibilities may be greater than they seem.

Apr 5, 2001 / Feature / Rick Perlstein

On Butterfly Wings On Butterfly Wings

This is going to be yet one more article on the never-ending recount-a-rama in Florida. But first a flashback to a pre-Election Day campaign moment: It's October. George W.

Apr 5, 2001 / Feature / David Corn

Senate Shocker! Senate Shocker!

US Senator Russ Feingold, the Wisconsin Democratic side of the McCain-Feingold juggernaut that is on the verge of winning Senate approval of the most significant campaign finance ...

Mar 28, 2001 / Feature / John Nichols

Taking Care of Business Taking Care of Business

The corporate class is flying high in Washington. With George W. Bush--CEO style and all--in the White House and the Republicans controlling Congress, the business community has b...

Mar 15, 2001 / The Editors

Pardons in Perspective Pardons in Perspective

We learned a few things from Dan Burton's hearings into the Clinton pardons. We learned that Bill Clinton's pardon of billionaire expatriate Marc Rich was no last-minute rush job....

Mar 8, 2001 / The Editors

Deconstructing the Election Deconstructing the Election

The history which bears and determines us has the form of a war rather than that of a language: relations of power, not relations of meaning.       ...

Mar 8, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Win McCormack

Pardons in Perspective Pardons in Perspective

We learned a few things from Dan Burton's hearings into the Clinton pardons. We learned that Bill Clinton's pardon of billionaire expatriate Marc Rich was no last-minute rush job.

Mar 6, 2001 / The Editors

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