by Robert Borosage | Jan 22, 2016 | Blog
Panic now grips the Clinton campaign. Polls show Bernie Sanders surging to a dramatic lead in New Hampshire and closing in Iowa. The Washington Post reports that Hillary's national numbers are dropping faster now than they did in 2008. The Clinton campaign has started...
by Robert Borosage | Jan 19, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Ten million people watched the Democratic debate on Sunday despite Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s best efforts to bury it on a holiday weekend night after the NFL playoffs. All three candidates had strong moments in a generally...
by Robert Borosage | Jan 15, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016
Seven contenders lined up in the main Republican debate Thursday night in Charleston, South Carolina. Donald Trump, still leading in national polls, may not have won the night, but he has surely dictated its terms. The candidates were trumped-up, the vitriol hot, the...
by Robert Borosage | Jan 13, 2016 | Blog, Progressive Vision
President Obama transformed his last State of the Union speech last night into his first farewell address. From his opening twitting legislators for being “antsy” to get back to Iowa, the president acknowledged that in an election year, with a bitterly obstructionist...
by Robert Borosage | Jan 8, 2016 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Amid the clamorous tumult of global stock markets, the December Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report offers reassuring stability – 292,000 new jobs with the headline unemployment rate steady at 5 percent. The U.S. has now enjoyed a record 70 months of private sector...
