Election 2012

Iowa GOP Seeks to Suppress Occupy’s Push for ‘Uncommitted’ Caucus Voting Iowa GOP Seeks to Suppress Occupy’s Push for ‘Uncommitted’ Caucus Voting

Iowa Republicans have announced they won’t count “Uncommitted” and “No Preference” votes.

Dec 27, 2011 / John Nichols

Jeremy Scahill: How US Foreign Policy Has Lurched Rightward

Jeremy Scahill: How US Foreign Policy Has Lurched Rightward Jeremy Scahill: How US Foreign Policy Has Lurched Rightward

When voters go to the booth next year, how will they vote on foreign policy? What options do they have?

Dec 22, 2011 / Francis Reynolds

Why Ron Paul Is Not the Tea Party Candidate Why Ron Paul Is Not the Tea Party Candidate

Ron Paul may be the purest fiscal conservative, but Tea Partiers have the same concerns about him that other Republicans do: foreign policy and electability. 

Dec 22, 2011 / Ben Adler

Iowa Challenge for Obama: Dem Caucus Votes for ‘Uncommitted’ Slate Iowa Challenge for Obama: Dem Caucus Votes for ‘Uncommitted’ Slate

Health Care Not Warfare campaigners propose a Democratic Caucus alternative to Obama: an uncommitted slate. Others urge caucus goers from both parties to reject current contenders ...

Dec 20, 2011 / John Nichols

Does Romney Oppose Discrimination Against Gays? Does Romney Oppose Discrimination Against Gays?

Gov. Mitt Romney claims to have consistently opposed anti-gay discrimination throughout his career, but his past statements contradict him. 

Dec 19, 2011 / Ben Adler

Caucuses Will Still Lack Absentee Voting Caucuses Will Still Lack Absentee Voting

Republican caucuses, including the influential first in the nation contest in Iowa, will disenfranchise the disabled and members of the military. 

Dec 19, 2011 / Ben Adler

How Obama’s Embrace Turned Teddy Roosevelt Into a Socialist How Obama’s Embrace Turned Teddy Roosevelt Into a Socialist

After Obama cited Roosevelt in his Kansas speech, Fox News has decided that TR peddled “socialistic nationalism.”

Dec 7, 2011 / John Nichols

The Gingrich of Politics Past Mounts a Modern Scrooge-Marley Campaign The Gingrich of Politics Past Mounts a Modern Scrooge-Marley Campaign

Suggesting that poor kids are only good at crime, GOP front-runner renews campaign to end child labor laws and make low-income children “clean the bathrooms.”

Dec 2, 2011 / John Nichols

Melissa Harris-Perry: Herman Cain’s Campaign Train Wreck Melissa Harris-Perry: Herman Cain’s Campaign Train Wreck

What is Cain still doing in the GOP's presidential nomination race?

Dec 1, 2011 / Press Room

Rick Perry’s War on Women

Rick Perry’s War on Women Rick Perry’s War on Women

How the Texas governor launched an assault on Planned Parenthood and women’s health.

Nov 30, 2011 / Feature / Jordan Smith

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