by Robert Borosage | Feb 2, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
The Iowa caucuses just supercharged the 2016 presidential race. Younger and lower-income voters drove Bernie Sanders into a head heat with Hillary Clinton. A record Republican turnout of white voters elevated an odd couple – two first term Cuban-American Senators –...
by Robert Borosage | Feb 1, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
The results of the Iowa caucuses won’t be known until late this evening, but we already know the big winner: Senator Bernie Sanders. The 24/7 chattering classes focus on whether Sanders' young and new voters will turn out, whether his voters’ enthusiasm can match...
by Robert Borosage | Jan 29, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016
The Donald was missing and missed last night in the Fox News Republican debate. Without the bawdy showman, the entire cast seemed smaller, the divisive questions of the Fox moderators more petulant, and the debate endless. The most stunning revelations of the debate...
by Robert Borosage | Jan 29, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
The Washington Post editorial board sniped at Senator Bernie Sanders Thursday morning for pretending to be “an uncorrupted anti-establishment crusader.” But no shocking revelations followed. The editors didn't unveil previously hidden Sanders ties to the...
by Robert Borosage | Jan 27, 2016 | Progressive Vision
Is Barack Obama a transformational president? That was his ambition: to be more, as he put it, like Ronald Reagan than Bill Clinton, to launch a new era, not simply tack to the prevailing winds of the old. Not surprisingly, in his final year in office, the issue is...
