by Bill Scher | Nov 3, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016
In last week's debate, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio had a point. He's not the first presidential candidate to miss Senate votes. It's impossible to run for president and have a perfect attendance record. What Rubio really missed in the Senate was the chance to prove he...
by Terrance Heath | Nov 2, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Progressive Vision, This Is The GOP
The right-wing backlash against the #BlackLivesMatter movement has intensified in recent weeks. There are two primary reasons for this: (1) black Americans are telling the truth about their lives, and (2) it’s working. New Jersey governor and GOP presidential...
by Terrance Heath | Oct 30, 2015 | Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Jeb Bush says his campaign is not on life support, and he’s right. It’s long past that point. Bush’s campaign is more like “the walking dead”; lifeless, but lumbering along just this side of the grave. It wasn’t supposed to be like this. When former Florida governor...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 30, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Thursday's bad news: Third-quarter GDP lands with thud: just 1.5 percent growth. That is down from 3.9 percent growth the previous quarter. The economy appears to be slowing, partly because of the drag effect of our trade deficit and partly because of the drag on the...
by Bill Scher | Oct 29, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016
Sen. Marco Rubio has been christened the winner of the last debate by many pundits after staring down Jeb Bush's attack on his senatorial attendance record. But what did he actually say about his ideas and policies? Is there any reason for Republican voters to believe...
by Robert Borosage | Oct 29, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016
The CNBC Republican presidential debate last night opened with a startling bolt of straight talk: “We are on the verge, perhaps, of picking someone who cannot do this job,” said Ohio Governor John Kasich, ignoring the inane moderator request that the candidates begin...
