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2004 Stories by David Corn

• 6 Bush Scandals To Come

  published December 23, 2004

  Photo by Joeff DavisThe curse of the second term — it’s been around for decades. Clinton had Monica. Reagan had Iran-Contra. Nixon h... More >>

• All the President’s Problems

  published December 16, 2004

  It’s back to the problems. Recent events have once again proved the truism that it’s easy to run for office, it’s hard... More >>

• Spies on Ice

  published December 2, 2004

  Is the CIA out in the cold — or warming up? On George W. Bush’s watch, the CIA has become a mess. B... More >>

• The Grownup in the Room

  published November 18, 2004

  I WAS ABOUT TO WRITE a column titled "Powell, Stay" when the news arrived: Secretary of State Colin Powell had submitted his... More >>

• Stop Your Whining

  published November 11, 2004

  WE’RE ALREADY A WEEK into the post-11/02 world, and the liberals and moderates of the Democratic Party are grieving but have not ye... More >>

• Reign of Terror

  published October 28, 2004

  Whether or not George W. Bush is elected on November 2 (or selected in a post-election legal scuffle), the defining sin of his... More >>

• Indicting the Media

  published October 14, 2004

  Is it time yet to start blaming the media? Actually, this is an opportune moment for anyone with a left-of-center... More >>

• The Resurrection

  published September 23, 2004

  YOU ARE SAFER. No, you’re not. Yes, you are. No, you’re not. At last, the 2004 campaign ... More >>

• To Hell With Bush

  published September 9, 2004

  This is a presidential campaign of God and man. Or, at least, that is how George W. Bush and his strategists want the electorate to... More >>

• Prom Night

  published August 26, 2004

  Remember that mission to Mars? Or the push to rid professional sports of steroids? Or the plan to urge newspapers to publish more positive... More >>

• In Vietnam We Trust

  published August 12, 2004

  AS I DROVE THROUGH two security checkpoints the other morning to reach my office, which is half a block from the U.S. Capitol, I... More >>

• Patriots Scorned

  published July 1, 2004

  Illustration by Winston Smith Patriotism is typically defined as love of country. And love, it is said, is blind. No wonder then that those... More >>

• Way Beyond Monica

  published June 17, 2004

  From a dead president to one with, uh, too much life. Chief Executive Number 40 is in the ground — after a one-sided, ahistorica... More >>

• No Fall Guy

  published June 10, 2004

  The day after CIA Director George Tenet took a powder, I was in an elevator with Matt Dowd, the pollster for the George W. Bush re-election... More >>

• Kerry’s Baggage

  published June 3, 2004

  John Kerry is a loser heading toward ignominious defeat in November. With George W. Bush plummeting in the polls, due to the troubles in... More >>

• Conquest Games

  published May 20, 2004

  The war in Iraq has gotten so ugly that even some nervous-Nellie conservatives have started wondering whether George W. Bush bit off more... More >>

• Kerry’s Identity Crisis

  published April 22, 2004

  The scene: an imaginary conversation in one of the Century City towers. Thanks for seeing me, Harv. Well,... More >>

• Bush’s Biggest Mistake

  published April 8, 2004

  The real question for the 9/11 commission — and the American public — is not whether George W. Bush considered al Qaeda an urgent thre... More >>

• Kerry Skywalker

  published March 25, 2004

  Four years ago, Senator John McCain, battling for the Republican presidential nomination, told audiences, “I’m just like Luke Skywalk... More >>

• Sharing Bush’s Pain

  published March 11, 2004

  The first controversy of the Bush-Kerry face-off occurred when the president’s re-election campaign premiered its initial televisio... More >>

• The Lost President

  published March 4, 2004

  Is the Bush White House coming unhinged? Senator John Kerry shouldn’t yet start picking new wallpaper for the Lincoln Bedroom. But a... More >>

• The Fog of WMD

  published February 12, 2004

  George W. Bush has met his own semen-stained blue dress. It happens to be a former weapons hunter named David Kay. Just as a... More >>

• Battling the Orcs

  published January 29, 2004

  MANCHESTER, N.H. — A few days before the New Hampshire primary, several campaign aides to former Vermont Governor Howard Dean took of... More >>

• Can Dean Win?

  published January 15, 2004

  As Howard Dean rolls on, consider these two historical trends when evaluating his chances: the Money Factor and the Geek... More >>