Majority/Minority Majority/Minority
Joe Biden buoys up Samuel Alito's nomination by tamping down speculation of a filibuster. But California's George Miller convinced the President to revoke an executive order that w...
Nov 10, 2005 / David Sirota
Arnold Show: Canceled Arnold Show: Canceled
Buoyed by their defeat of Schwarzeneggar's "referendum revolution," Democrats and organized labor are now energized to defeat the governor's re-election bid next year.
Nov 10, 2005 / Marc Cooper
Yes, Virginia… Yes, Virginia…
Democratic gubernatorial wins in Virginia and New Jersey gave the lie to the GOP contention that "conservatism is on the march." But infighting among Dems doomed electoral reform i...
Nov 10, 2005 / John Nichols
Democrats and the War Democrats and the War
In 2005, The Nation declared it would only support candidates who made a speedy end to this war a major campaign issue.
Nov 10, 2005 / The Editors
Darwin on Trial Darwin on Trial
As the site of a trial on including intelligent design in biology textbooks, Dover, Pennsylvania, is a focal point of a national debate on science and religion. But a look at the t...
Nov 10, 2005 / Feature / Eyal Press
Cornbread and Roses Cornbread and Roses
With his campaign to eradicate poverty in America, John Edwards has shed his Clinton Lite image. But to truly redefine the Democratic party and win the 2008 presidency, he has a lo...
Bringing Down the Bully Bringing Down the Bully
The lesson of the defeat in California of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's referendum revolution is this: The American people will not forever be fooled. The negative message of the Re...
Nov 10, 2005 / Feature / Robert Scheer
Oil Tycoons Grilled on Windfall Profits Oil Tycoons Grilled on Windfall Profits
Top oil execs were asked numerous questions at a Senate hearing on spectacular profits earned in the wake of tropical storms. But they had no real answers about how to ease the bur...
Nov 10, 2005 / Feature / Ari Berman
Germ Boys and Yes Men Germ Boys and Yes Men
Stewart Simonson is a former Amtrak corporate attorney with zero medical experience. So why is he in charge of emergency health and bioterrorism in the federal government?
Nov 9, 2005 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill
The GOP Takes a Beating The GOP Takes a Beating
As Democrats gloat over two gubernatorial wins and the defeat in California of Gov. Arnold's intiatives, the GOP approaches off-year elections weighed down by Bush's baggage.
Nov 9, 2005 / Feature / Eric Alterman