Jeb vs. Janet in Florida Jeb vs. Janet in Florida
Next year's Florida gubernatorial election--which could pit presidential brother and current GOP Governor Jeb Bush against former Attorney General Janet Reno--is developing into t...
Sep 5, 2001 / John Lantigua
They’re Off! They’re Off!
Nine hundred days to go, and Democratic presidential hopefuls are jockeying for position.
Aug 9, 2001 / Feature / John Nichols
The Left Taught Him How to Do It The Left Taught Him How to Do It
The leftists organizing in Vermont since the 1970s prepared the ground for James Jeffords's jump, and he never would have done it without them. In the 1970s and 1980s Democrats h...
May 31, 2001 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Independents’ Day Independents’ Day
It's fitting that the first senator to become an independent in more than thirty years hails from Vermont, the state with the most advanced independent politics in the nation. Ver...
May 31, 2001 / Micah L. Sifry
Conservatism as Phoenix Conservatism as Phoenix
You want to find out why politics has become so dreary? You won't find the answer in Rick Perlstein's book. But what you will find is relief. I've read Before the Storm twice and ...
May 25, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Robert Sherrill
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
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
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