Stories by John Nichols
John Nichols is The Nation's Washington correspondent.
Sotomayor's wide legal experience, especially on corporate and financial issues, along with her background make her a solid pick for the high court.
Posted on May 26, 2009
While the health-insurance lobby has been welcomed to the roundtable discussions organized by Baucus, the nurses and their allies were told to leave.
Posted on May 14, 2009
Rove and key congressional Republicans aggressively attacked the connection between pandemic preparation and economic recovery.
Posted on Apr 27, 2009
As long as the former VP is on the interview circuit, why not invite him to Capitol Hill to explain these frightening allegations?
Posted on Mar 25, 2009
Geithner's bank rescue may have perked up Wall Street but it's nothing new. They've already tried it in Britain and it's failed.
Posted on Mar 24, 2009
Obama's Forum on Health Reform was so narrowly focused and uninspiring that it almost made Hillary Clinton's bumbling efforts of the 1990s look good.
Posted on Mar 9, 2009
MoveOn's new director says the group has other priorities than telling Obama he's wrong on Afghanistan. This is a mistake.
Posted on Mar 3, 2009
The plan could help nine million families struggling to keep their heads above water. But is it too little, too late?
Posted on Feb 19, 2009
The next few days will be exceptionally difficult for members of Congress who are serious about renewing the economy.
Posted on Feb 11, 2009
Obama is rebuffing even the most feeble attempts at accountability for the crimes of the Bush administration.
Posted on Feb 10, 2009
Senate Democrats on Friday bartered away key elements of the more robust plan approved by the House.
Posted on Feb 7, 2009
The investigation could extend far beyond the Illinois governor's office.
Posted on Dec 9, 2008
Democrat Mark Begich unseats Stevens in Alaska, bringing Dems one step closer to a filibuster-proof Senate.
Posted on Nov 18, 2008
Senate Democrats opted not to punish Joe Lieberman for backing John McCain. Will the risk pay off?
Posted on Nov 18, 2008
Obama's new chief of staff shows that he intends to carry the Obama program forward -- not his own.
Posted on Nov 11, 2008
The author, oral historian, rabble-rouser and grand old man of the American left died Friday at 96.
Posted on Oct 31, 2008
Unrepentant liberal, Newman was dedicated to civil rights, women's rights, gay rights, and was determined to elect opponents of war and militarism.
Posted on Sep 28, 2008
Palin has repeated the long discredited claim that the invasion of Iraq was a necessary response to the September 11th attacks.
Posted on Sep 12, 2008
A hundred years ago, Dems questioned whether to take a stand against lynching. Today, Obama's nomination completes a long process of transformation.
Posted on Aug 28, 2008
It didn't take a newfangled text message, just an old-fashioned leak, to identify Obama's running mate.
Posted on Aug 23, 2008
The late congresswoman was a fierce campaigner for fair elections.
Posted on Aug 20, 2008
Obama votes like a Republican on FISA and backs off from Iraq, keeping corporate America happy.
Posted on Jul 10, 2008
Obama campaigned against NAFTA during the primaries. Now he's backpedaling and reassuring Wall Street about that same policy.
Posted on Jun 25, 2008
No one, not Obama, not Hillary Clinton and certainly not John McCain, caught the zeitgeist of the vanishing American dream so well as Carlin.
Posted on Jun 23, 2008
With Gore's hearty endorsement of Obama last night the speculation has begun.
Posted on Jun 17, 2008
Bush's former press secretary reveals how the White House lied about Iraq to everyone -- and how the media let them get away with it.
Posted on May 28, 2008
Still, Clinton remains. There is one ironclad rule when it comes to races for presidential nominations: You don't quit when you are winning primaries.
Posted on May 21, 2008
McCain is trying to look green but don't believe the rhetoric. His enviro speeches are just campaign trail greenwashing and here's why.
Posted on May 12, 2008
If we look past their bland pronouncements on the campaign trail, it becomes clear that Clinton and Obama have widely divergent views on Cuba.
Posted on Feb 20, 2008
As the Dem primary campaign moves to states like Wisconsin and Ohio, America's hollow economy takes center stage.
Posted on Feb 14, 2008
Ohio and Texas could be make-it-or-break-it.
Posted on Feb 13, 2008
Donna Edwards contest against the corporate-friendly House incumbent Al Wynn is one of many key Dem primary races this election.
Posted on Feb 2, 2008
It is time to pull Bill Clinton off the campaign trail he never should have gotten on.
Posted on Jan 28, 2008
While Clinton and Obama squabbled, Edwards shined. But did he connect with enough undecided voters to secure a solid finish in South Carolina?
Posted on Jan 22, 2008
Love her or hate her, but recognize that Clinton's New Hampshire victory broke through an electoral glass ceiling.
Posted on Jan 12, 2008
Heading to New Hampshire, the candidate is toning down his God talk to appeal to a more secular electorate.
Posted on Jan 4, 2008
The anti-corporate message of the Edwards campaign has hit a nerve.
Posted on Dec 28, 2007
Another NAFTA-Style trade deal? That should be a no-brainer.
Posted on Nov 8, 2007
The antiwar movement took Cindy Sheehan for granted. It was only when she resigned from a role that she never sought that anyone bothered to think of what an essential player she had become.
Posted on Jun 2, 2007
Republican presidential contenders will be stumbling over one another tonight, as they debate in South Carolina, to curry favor with the religious right by expressing their sorrow at the passing of the Rev. Jerry Falwell.
Posted on May 15, 2007
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