May 2003 Archives
May 31, 2003
Early Warnings on Abortion Enter 2004 Campaign
Democratic presidential hopefuls warn that a woman's right to choose will not survive a second term of the Bush administration. Meanwhile, pro-choice advocates within the GOP see the issue as a liability for their party in 2004.
May 29, 2003
Feisty Texans a Model For Democratic Party
Republicans dominate Texas politics, but the national Democratic Party could learn a simple lesson from the state: Before you can become the party in power, you have to be a real opposition party.
When 51 Democratic members of the Texas House of Representatives left for Oklahoma earlier this month to derail a Republican redistricting plan, they did something that – for Democrats these days – seems radical: They stood up for themselves and for the democratic process.
