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The Last Debate: How Low Will It Go?
If voter haven’t turned on Trump by now, a campaign ad from Hillary Clinton isn’t likely to move them. Clinton could choose to “go high" instead, using the debate platform to offer uplifting proposals around the issues that matter most.
Trump: Valueless
Warren Buffett, who is more than six times richer than Donald Trump, demonstrates American values in both words and actions. Trump displays utter obliviousness to those values.
Progressive Breakfast
Trump Makes Up Immigrant Conspiracy Trump concocts fantastical vote-rigging conspiracy. WSJ: "Mr. Trump pointed to North Carolina, where he said 'it is possible' that illegal votes from people who lacked U.S. citizenship could have won Mr. Obama the state. 'It could...
Time for Hillary to Pivot to Full Metal Progressive Policy
Clinton can win ugly by playing Pre-Vent defense and relying on Trump’s self-destruction. Or she can use the remaining three weeks of the campaign to go full metal progressive policy and lay out a positive populist governing agenda.
Rick Smith Show Podcast: Is There a Sleeper Donald Trump Vote?
On last Friday's Rick Smith Show, I discuss why we should not expect a white "silent majority" will propel Donald Trump, and whether Trump might drag down the down-ballot Republicans.
Caution: Handle Polls With Care
We're at the stage of the election where obsession with the latest polls reaches its peak. Yet it is also the stage when polls can stop informing about the electorate and start warping the electorate.
Progressive Breakfast
Sanders, Warren Head West Sanders, Warren team up in Denver to stump to Clinton. Denver Post: "[They urged] votes for Hillary Clinton — a first step, they said, igniting hopes for sweeping change from Wall Street to environmental stewardship to establishing...
Her First 100 Days: A Pledge to Take On Wells Fargo and Wall Street
Clinton should make a pledge now: to take immediate action in her first 100 days that will address Wells Fargo’s scandals and the systemic problems behind them. We have nine suggested actions, and there will undoubtedly be others.
Maine Governor Goes Full Trump, Calls For Jailing Minimum Wage Advocates
Gov. Paul LePage says that two Maine People's Alliance leaders should be imprisoned for “attempted murder” for supporting a referendum that would increase the minimum wage.
Sen. Warren Call For Removal Of SEC Chair For Refusing To Do Her Job
The Securities and Exchange Commission is supposed to regulate Wall Street. But it has become a "captured" agency, using its power to block regulation of Wall Street instead of enforcing regulation.
