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 Phil Angelides | Feb 2, 2016 | Blog, Financial Reform
Five years ago at this time, the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC) presented President Obama and Congress with its final report on what caused the 2008 financial meltdown that devastated our economy and millions of American families. The report concluded that...
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 Dave Johnson | Jan 29, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016
George McGovern was the Democratic nominee against incumbent Richard Nixon in the 1972 election. He lost in a landslide. Just as the events of the 1980s shaped the current economic environment, the 1970s "Nixonian" politics of division shaped the current political...
by Terrance Heath | Jan 29, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
This week two major right-wing crusades that started out with pretty big bangs -- the Oregon Standoff and the Planned Parenthood sting -- ended with disappointing (for wingnuts) whimpers. Almost Over In Oregon It wasn’t supposed to end this way. The standoff at...
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...
