The Prophet
Ari Berman : Howard Dean
Howard Dean's fifty-state strategy remade the Democratic Party. What comes next?
Ari Berman : Howard Dean
Howard Dean's fifty-state strategy remade the Democratic Party. What comes next?
John Nichols : Congress
Obama's appeal helped the Democrats secure wide gains in the House and Senate.
Christopher Lisotta : Presidential Election 2008
Energized by Obama's candidacy, expatriate Americans are voting in record numbers this year.
John Nichols : Electoral Politics
Democratic candidates are gaining in key Senate races and could tip the balance in the next Congress.
Brave New Films : Joseph Lieberman
After his repeated attacks at Democrats and support for Republicans it's time for Lieberman to switch sides already.
Gary Younge : Electoral Politics
Does Obama's candidacy represent a progressive paradigm shift--or is he just another mainstream Democrat?
John Nichols : Ted Kennedy
Senator Edward M. Kennedy, diagnosed today with a malignant brain tumor, is sidelined at the moment his party is poised to realize the causes and ideals he has promoted for so long.
Rep. Maurice Hinchey
With the nation's economy in a slump, it's time for a twenty-first-century New Deal.
John Nichols : Economic Policy
As Clinton rewrites the history of her support for NAFTA, Obama needs to prove he understands what's wrong with global trade pacts.
John Nichols : Howard Dean
Holding Democratic primaries in Florida and Michigan a second time would send the message that Americans do not need to accept illegitimate elections.
Mary Mapes : Texas
As a crucial primary looms, Democrats in Texas have gotten the Party started again, as the state continues its remarkable shift from red to blue.
Ari Berman : Howard Dean
The DNC chair has energized aging, ailing or previously nonexistent state parties.
Gary Younge
If democracy does not prevail in August, the Democrats will not prevail in November.
Laura Flanders : Progressives, Liberals, & The American Left
Grassroots Democrats, parched for their party's attention, should play hardball with candidates on Iraq.
Ari Berman : Presidential Election 2008
Unelected insiders may well hold the key to the 2008 Democratic nomination. How did things become so undemocratic?
John Nichols : Electoral Politics
With the Congressional race under way, the essential question is: will the Democrats be more progressive post-Bush?
Matt Stoller : Electoral Politics
Democratic campaigns are refining the art of reaching more people.
Laura Flanders : Electoral Politics
This could be the year that Democrats finally let the people play a role in politics.
Christopher Hayes : John Edwards
No matter who wins the Democratic election, the John Edwards campaign has set the domestic agenda for the entire field.
Glenn Hurowitz : Electoral Politics
As Democratic candidates strive to keep their messages upbeat and cheerful, they should take a lesson from the environmental movement on the power of fear to motivate political change.
Bob Moser : Electoral Politics
Have Democrats already blown the biggest swing state?
Eric Alterman : Media Analysis
At the Las Vegas Democratic debate, CNN Anchors Blitzer and Malvaux twisted legitimate questions into "gotcha" traps. There's gotta be a better way.
As Congress grapples with the wave of foreclosures and bankruptcies resulting from the subprime mess, why are some Dems siding with the banks?
The President is determined to bankrupt the nation, morally and financially. And who in Congress has the will to stop him?