John Nichols

                   

Free trade: Democrats need to know when to walk away from a bad hand

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yesterday 4 related
        

As globalization became a major campaign theme in the last two elections, free-trade critics replaced free-trade proponents in 69 House and Senate races. These new populists comprise a powerful new voting bloc promising to...

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Iraq veteran sentenced to 11 years in Wash. prison

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15-Nov-2008 2 related
        

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS VANCOUVER, Wash. -- An Iraq War veteran who was convicted of shooting at a driver who cut him off has been sentenced to 11 years in prison by a Clark County Superior Court judge. Nobody was hurt in the...

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Their Opinions

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15-Nov-2008
        

A thorough house-cleaning at GM is the only way to give the company a fresh start. ... General Motors simply cannot support eight domestic brands ... with adequate product-development and marketing dollars ... Nevertheless, the...

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Treasury Secretary Jon Corzine? (The Nation)

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14-Nov-2008 5 related
        

The Nation - The Nation -- Everyone is excited about the fact that President-elect Barack Obama is talking with New York Senator Hillary Clinton about the prospect that she might serve as Secretary of State. But the big news...

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Knowing when to walk away

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14-Nov-2008 12 related
        

It wouldn't be the George W. Bush we all know if our shamed president didn't spend his remaining White House days in a final fit of polarization. That's what Bush's moves this week are clearly about: dividing - not uniting. The...

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Obama Move Heats Up Race to Fill His Senate Seat (The Nation)

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13-Nov-2008 180 related
        

John Nichols John Nichols – 1 hr 8 mins ago -- The president-elect has announced that he will quit Sunday as Illinois' junior senator, creating an opening for the seat he has held for a little less than four years. Illinois...

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Dysfunctional Election Process Needs to Be Repaired

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13-Nov-2008 8 related
        

A bad call of Florida in 2000 created the fantasy that George Bush had a credible lead in the state. In fact, he didn't. It was too close to call. In 2008, in many states -- including Pennsylvania -- officials planned to delay...

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Keep Lieberman in the Caucus (The Nation)

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12-Nov-2008 161 related
        

The Nation - The Nation -- This writer has worn out several computers criticizing Senator Joe Lieberman, going back to the days when he was mounting a conservative-backed challenged to progressive Republican Senator Lowell...

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The Doctor Who Cured the Democrat Party (The Nation)

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11-Nov-2008 93 related
        

The Nation - The Nation -- When Howard Dean, fresh off a bid for the Democratic presidential nomination that ended with a scream, announced that he would seek the chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee, the...

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John Nichols: Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair Russ Feingold?

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10-Nov-2008 1 related
        

Submitted by Dennis Best on Mon, 11/10/2008 - 4:12pm Democrats have dramatically expanded their majority in the U.S. Senate -- to at least a 57-43 advantage, and perhaps more if a recount in Minnesota and a runoff election in...

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