by Bill Scher | Feb 4, 2016 | Blog
[fve]https://youtu.be/WIR9GZlmj7A[/fve] Today, Marco Rubio surrogate Rick Santorum was stumped when asked by MSNBC's Joe Scarborough to name one Rubio accomplishment. Santorum pleaded that Rubio's short time in the Senate was a period when "nothing got done" so of...
by Bill Scher | Feb 3, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016
Congratulations Iowa Republicans, you did it! You didn't pick the biggest joke of the election season. As in past caucuses, you still picked an extreme conservative with no chance of becoming president. But you didn't make your party into a complete laughingstock....
by Bill Scher | Feb 2, 2016 | Blog
Two years ago I wrote that the Democrats were a more united party than the Republicans, despite covering a broader ideological spectrum. But last night's Iowa caucuses exposed a stark generational and ideological fault line in the Democratic party that may not be easy...
by Bill Scher | Jan 29, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016
Politico Magazine asked me and 11 others if Trump has "killed the GOP." My answer? Not yet: Before the Republican establishment concludes that its party is being consumed by a hostile takeover, it should first let its people cast some votes. So many conclusions are...
by Bill Scher | Jan 28, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
There are substantive differences between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton. Single-payer vs. individual mandate. Break up the big banks vs. regulate the big banks. Tuition-free college vs. debt-free college. "Leave it in the ground" vs. a more gradual shift away...
