by Dave Johnson | Jan 5, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Financial Reform
[fve]https://youtu.be/R6e47vJ89p0[/fve] "Greed is not good. In fact, the greed of Wall Street and corporate America is destroying the very fabric of our nation." - Senator Bernie Sanders Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders pledged on Tuesday that if...
by Roger Hickey | Jan 5, 2016 | Blog, Economy, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
The Democratic presidential campaign – unlike the Republican circus – has actually produced a debate in which each candidate’s economic agenda has gotten better and more populist. But as you can see at CandidateScorecard.net, there are also big differences. Both...
by Digby | Jan 4, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Reihan Salam made a belated but useful observation this morning on a very lively Face the Nation after Trump went on an extended tirade about well ... everything: SALAM: Well, the genius of -- the genius of Ted Cruz is also the fact that if you look at the Republican...
by Robert Reich | Jan 4, 2016 | Blog, Economy
Economic forecasters exist to make astrologers look good, but I’ll hazard a guess. I expect the U.S. economy to sputter in 2016. That’s because the economy faces a deep structural problem: not enough demand for all the goods and services it’s capable of producing....
by Dave Johnson | Jan 4, 2016 | Blog, Democracy, Election 2016
There's just no way around it: the Democrats are intentionally hiding their presidential candidates from the public. The last Democratic presidential debate was buried on a Saturday night up against the opening of Star Wars. Naturally it drew a fraction of earlier...
by Robert Borosage | Jan 4, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Finally, after months of chasing money and striking postures, of breathless polls reporting on inattentive voters, the presidential races head toward real votes in caucuses and primaries, beginning in Iowa and New Hampshire. Already, the attack ad salvos are...
