HRC: Can’t Get No Respect HRC: Can’t Get No Respect
If people keep making sexist attacks against Hillary Clinton, I may just have to vote for her. That means you, Elizabeth Edwards!
Nov 6, 2006 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The Message of Campaign 2006 The Message of Campaign 2006
As things stand in organized politics today, a purely formal protest against what the GOP has done to America is the most we can hope for.
Nov 2, 2006 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Driving Planned Parenthood Driving Planned Parenthood
Cecile Richards, Planned Parenthood's new president, leads an organization searching for new national strategies, as a crucial vote in South Dakota tests its grassroots clout.
Nov 2, 2006 / Feature / Jennifer Baumgardner
Rick Santorum’s Beastly Politics Rick Santorum’s Beastly Politics
Dogged by a history of crude responses to abortion, euthanasia and gay marriage, Pennsylvania Republican Senator Rick Santorum is trailing his Democratic foe. But a cadre of influe...
Nov 1, 2006 / Feature / Max Blumenthal
What Bush Has Wrought What Bush Has Wrought
We are now led by a false warrior who acts the simpleton, while playing to his version of what Middle America wants. To stop the madness, on November 7 voters must soundly repudiat...
Nov 1, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Robert Scheer
Character Assassin Character Assassin
Republican adman Scott Howell has racked up a startling Democratic body count with his signature hyperemotional style. Will his attack on Harold Ford Jr. succeed or backfire?
Oct 30, 2006 / Feature / Max Blumenthal
Ground Game ’06 Ground Game ’06
Republicans are hoping voters will forget about Iraq, Bush and the GOP Congress. But these are the issues that will drive Democrats and independents to the polls.
Oct 27, 2006 / Feature / Ari Berman
What Is at Stake What Is at Stake
November 7 is suddenly looking like a fateful election that could change the flow of politics in ways nobody anticipated.
Oct 26, 2006 / The Editors
Weldon’s Wild Ride Weldon’s Wild Ride
The wheels are falling off Curt Weldon's electoral wagon, as the wacky Pennsylvania Republican finds himself mired in a criminal investigation.
Oct 25, 2006 / Feature / Ari Berman
Reproductive Rights on the Line in South Dakota Reproductive Rights on the Line in South Dakota
An initiative that seeks to overturn South Dakota's draconian ban on abortion will have implications in states across the country.
Oct 22, 2006 / Kate Michelman