by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 13, 2016 | Democracy, Election 2016
Those of us who have been concerned about Republican voter suppression tactics expected this might happen: A relative of a Republican political candidate complaining about "onerous rules" that got in the way of casting a vote. By now, you've probably seen or read the...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 11, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Hillary Clinton has a credibility problem when it comes to our country's trade policies and the resulting enormous, humongous trade deficits that measure job loss – especially with regard to the Trans-Pacific Partnership. But Clinton has a chance to shore up her...
by Bill Scher | Apr 11, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Most political eyeballs are understandably transfixed on the presidential race. But there is much drama brewing in the race for the Senate. And while the unhinged Republican presidential primary may give an impression of a nation gone mad, the way vulnerable...
by Robert Borosage | Apr 11, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Bernie Sanders won the Wyoming Democratic caucus on Saturday by a double-digit margin – 56 percent to 44 percent – over Hillary Clinton. That is seven contests in a row and eight of nine. And now the campaign heads into the New York hothouse with the primary on April...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 7, 2016 | Blog, Economy, Election 2016, Tax Reform
It's no surprise that the chairman of General Electric, Jeffrey Immelt, would use The Washington Post's editorial page to defend himself and his company from an attack from Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, who told the New York Daily News editorial...
by Terrance Heath | Apr 7, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016, This Is The GOP
It sounds like a match between a second-rate comic book hero-and-villain pair: the Golden Boy vs. the Orange Man. Thus it’s fitting in more ways than one that former House Speaker (and first “orange” speaker) John Boehner perhaps started the ball rolling. At a Futures...