The Breakdown: How to Bust the Filibuster The Breakdown: How to Bust the Filibuster
Could the Senate start getting things done, if only legislators didn't have to face filibuster threats? This week on The Breakdown: the history of the filibuster, and how to get ri...
Feb 19, 2010 / Chris Hayes
A Van Jones Republican A Van Jones Republican
I have written a good deal about Utah Congressman Jason Chaffetz, a conservative Republican who has broken with the tendency of most in Congress to simply recite talking points. He...
Feb 19, 2010 / John Nichols
Is This the Next Indiana Senator? Is This the Next Indiana Senator?
The Nation picks the top six candidates most likely to succeed Indiana's Sen. Evan Bayh.
Feb 17, 2010 / The Nation
Bye Bayh, Hello Mellencamp? Bye Bayh, Hello Mellencamp?
Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel proposes rocker John Mellencamp as a successor to Evan Bayh and considers the likelihood of a Republican majority.
Feb 17, 2010 / MSNBC
President Palin? Don’t Make Hillary Clinton Laugh President Palin? Don’t Make Hillary Clinton Laugh
America will have a woman president. But it is not likely that the first one will be Sarah Palin.
Feb 17, 2010 / John Nichols
After Bayh, Less Bipartisanship Needed After Bayh, Less Bipartisanship Needed
So Evan Bayh, the Senate's poster boy for bipartisanship, is, in the immortal words of the Jackson 5, "goin' back to Indiana." The senator explains, "There is too mu...
Feb 16, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Four Plans to Finish Off the Filibuster Four Plans to Finish Off the Filibuster
Nation DC Editor Christopher Hayes discusses the ways that Democrats could get rid of the filibuster.
Feb 16, 2010 / The Rachel Maddow Show
Bye Bayh Bye Bayh
The headlines announcing Indiana Senator Evan Bayh's surprise decision to retire after his current term declare that the loss of this particular incumbent represents "a huge b...
Feb 15, 2010 / John Nichols
Dick Cheney: Gay Rights Champion Dick Cheney: Gay Rights Champion
Former Vice President Dick Cheney, who has never been as comfortable fighting the culture wars as most conservatives, has endorsed the repeal of the Pentagon's failed "Don't A...
Feb 14, 2010 / John Nichols
Make CEOs Take Responsibility for Democracy-Warping Ads Make CEOs Take Responsibility for Democracy-Warping Ads
As someone who has written several books and dozens of major articles on judicial interventions in our politics, and who has covered literally hundreds of campaigns in every state ...
Feb 11, 2010 / John Nichols