Andrew Stephen

Andrew Stephen

Andrew Stephen was appointed US Editor of the New Statesman in 2001, having been its Washington correspondent and weekly columnist since 1998. He is a regular contributor to BBC news programs and to The Sunday Times Magazine. He has also written for a variety of US newspapers including The New York Times Op-Ed pages. He came to the US in 1989 to be Washington Bureau Chief of The Observer and in 1992 was made Foreign Correspondent of the Year by the American Overseas Press Club for his coverage.

Articles by Andrew Stephen

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US election: it's far from over

  • 04 June 2008
  • 74 comments

Either candidacy could implode instantly, at any time, as the result of a gaffe or some unguarded moment. Obama must watch his hubris, McCain his temper

Hating Hillary

  • 22 May 2008
  • 323 comments

Gloating, unshackled sexism of the ugliest kind has been shamelessly peddled by the US media, which - sooner rather than later, I fear - will have to account for their sins

A murky outcome

  • 07 May 2008
  • 23 comments

After the North Carolina and Indiana primaries, the Democrats are increasingly backed into a corner, writes US editor Andrew Stephen

And the winner is: the lawyers

  • 24 April 2008
  • 14 comments

Clinton's victory in Pennsylvania points the way to a farcical legal finale to the Democratic race

President McCain? It could happen

  • 17 April 2008
  • 14 comments

The Republican candidate has been the "forgotten man" of the race. Yet there is a good chance he will emerge the winner.

It could be a stalemate

  • 03 April 2008
  • 15 comments

The Democratic race is so close that it may be decided by the super-delegates - and planeloads of lawyers

The fight is far from over

  • 05 March 2008
  • 28 comments

With Hillary Clinton's dramatic victories in Texas, Ohio and Rhode Island, Andrew Stephen reports on her reinvigorated campaign and the tarnish now on Barack Obama's sheen

We ain't seen nothin' yet'

  • 21 February 2008
  • 28 comments

The battle between Clinton and Obama has been peculiarly unpleasant. Just wait, says our US editor, till the Republicans have one candidate to focus on

Now it gets really dirty

  • 06 February 2008
  • 18 comments

In the wake of Super Tuesday, Andrew Stephen predicts the gloves will now come off in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination

How would Jesus vote?

  • 31 January 2008
  • 28 comments

The 2008 US presidential election pits Baptist against Mormon, Methodist against evangelical. Who gets the divine endorsement?

Tiananmen Square

20 years on

Desperately seeking democracy

Nina Power

Newspeak's legacy

Bamboozle, baffle and blindside

Television

Simon Schama

Simplistic Simon says: “Look at me, everyone!”

Theatre

Liberal guilt

Watch out for the bleeding-heart liberal

Vernon Bogdanor

Worse than Profumo

End of the party

Nicky Wire

The way I see it

Nicky Wire: The way I see it

Vote!

Will China rule the world?

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