by Terrance Heath | Jan 22, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Just like a cold sore, Sarah Palin’s back, again. And just like every time before, it’s not pretty. Not pretty at all. She turned up in Ames, Iowa this week, dressed to draw attention to herself in a fringe-laden sweater that looked like something picked up at Dolly...
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 Bill Scher | Jan 22, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016
Rush Limbaugh made a startling admission on Wednesday, in the course of discussing the staying power of Donald Trump and the value of the Sarah Palin endorsement: "It's now out in the open that the Republican conservative base is not monolithically conservative ......
by Jim Hightower | Jan 21, 2016 | Blog, Populist Majority, Progressive Vision
The problem with applying conventional wisdom to political campaigns is that it can suddenly be upended by an unconventional campaign. National media pundits have been riveted by Donald Trump’s flagrantly narcissistic run for the Republican presidential nomination....
by Jeff Bryant | Jan 21, 2016 | Blog, Education
Earlier this month, news about a U.S. Supreme Court case, Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, raised concerns for progressives everywhere – and for good reason. As my colleague Dave Johnson writes, the case is about “making every state a ‘right-to-work’...
by Gloria Totten | Jan 21, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Gender Justice, Progressive Vision
The battle over abortion rights legislation is being fought almost entirely at the state level, with skirmishes in localities. This will most likely continue to be true for years to come. The anti-abortion forces understand this dynamic, have focused their resources...
