The Plight of the Antiwar Democrat
29557
Some newly elected House Democrats find themselves in a political no-man's land back home, drawing fire from both sides
541937
Chuck Hagel's antiwar stance could make him a serious Republican candidate for the White House in 2008. But it's causing him headaches back home.
434772
For most Americans, the war in Iraq is a harrowing conflict responsible for more than 1,000 U.S. military deaths. For President Bush and Democratic Sen. John Kerry, it represents much more as each tries to use Iraq as a prism through which voters will harshly judge their rival.
158284
Anger over the war and the country's direction could give Republicans trouble in the midterm elections
142334
His inclusive approach is the way to go. But his party's failure to follow his lead is offering the Democrats an enormous political opportunity.
52183
Having lost five of the past seven presidential elections, the Democrats have to decide whether to reinvent their party and who should lead it forward
356673
For months it was all the rage on the campaign trail. Day after day, stop after stop, the war was the focus of all things presidential. Now it's little more than a distant echo in most stump speeches. Democrats are generally saying little more than, "We should get out as soon as we can." Republicans hard mention it.
669579
Political and fiscal constraints will make it hard for Democratic critics of the presidentâs budget to assert their priorities.
442601
The Democrats who dominate Illinois government face a major problem: each other.
367136
Intent on seizing control of Congress, Democrats want to keep the focus on President Bush's missteps in Iraq. Yet the war is fracturing the party in a handful of House and Senate races.
154650
The military health-care system canât keep pace with the flood of battlefield casualties. Max Cleland--Vietnam vet, triple amputee, and former U.S. senator--on the roots of the crisis, and what needs to be done.
581723
The news of Senator Tim Johnsonâs hospitalization highlighted the fragility of the Democratsâ new majority.
371230
Democrats need to do something dramatic, even histrionic, to dispel the perception they are powerless to stop the Iraq War.
518867
House debate over the Iraq war did more than pit Democrat against Republican. It pitted ghosts of the past against each other.
354621
With bloggers, consituents and many party officials still angry about his support for the war, Connecticut's moderate Democratic senator is fighting for his political life
188309
House Democratic leaders are developing an anti-war proposal that wouldn't cut off money for U.S. troops in Iraq but would require President Bush to acknowledge problems with an overburdened military.
658332
For Democratic candidates, the growing risk of a recession is an opportunity for action. For Republicans, it presents a dilemma.