by Dave Johnson | Mar 8, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
In Sunday's Democratic presidential debate, just two days before Michigan's primary takes place, Hillary Clinton dropped a 'gotcha' bomb on Bernie Sanders, saying Sanders "was against the auto bailout." (Clinton is also running ads on Michigan radio making the same...
by Bill Scher | Mar 7, 2016 | Blog
At Real Clear Politics, I explain why Donald Trump would get outspent in a general election against Hillary Clinton. She can be expected to raise at least $1.5 billion between her campaign and allied outside groups. He is not liquid enough to match her through...
by Jeff Bryant | Mar 7, 2016 | Blog, Education
In 2013, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan tried to minimize the movement against standardized testing, saying it was confined to “white suburban moms.” Numerous state education officials across the country erected roadblocks to anyone trying to boycott the...
by Robert Borosage | Mar 7, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders won three of four state contests over the weekend. On the Republican side, Ted Cruz emerged as the leading challenger to Donald Trump in what is quickly becoming a two-man race. And the seventh Democratic debate, in...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 4, 2016 | Blog, Current Issues, This Is The GOP
After Thursday night’s performance in Detroit, the next Republican presidential debate may as well be held in a middle school boys locker room. It couldn’t have been more juvenile, even if the candidates ran around the stage snapping towels at one another. Coming on...
by Bill Scher | Mar 4, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016
Donald Trump is not supposed to be like other politicians. He's refreshing. He's not beholden to anyone. He tells it like it is. This is wrong. He is the worst kind of politician. He is megalomaniacal phony. He will say anything to anybody to satisfy his thirst for...