by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 10, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016
[fve]https://youtu.be/r9QZTAU3AhQ[/fve] The rise of Donald Trump in the Republican Party has been fertilized by the failed promises of 50 years of conservative ideology, according to E.J. Dionne, syndicated columnist and author of a new book, "Why the Right Went...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 9, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016
Politicians and campaign consultants, listen up. There is a lesson to learn from Michigan's Democratic primary upset: Voters are tired of having their intelligence insulted by cynical politicians using 90's-style "gotcha' politics." "Gotcha politics" is a tactic where...
by Robert Borosage | Mar 9, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Bernie Sanders shocked the political world with a stunning victory in the Michigan primary Tuesday night, coming back from 20 percent down in polling to win by some 2 percent of the vote. After all the weeks of commentary about Bernie Sanders' problem with black...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 8, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
In Sunday's Democratic presidential debate, just two days before Michigan's primary takes place, Hillary Clinton dropped a 'gotcha' bomb on Bernie Sanders, saying Sanders "was against the auto bailout." (Clinton is also running ads on Michigan radio making the same...
by Robert Borosage | Mar 7, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders won three of four state contests over the weekend. On the Republican side, Ted Cruz emerged as the leading challenger to Donald Trump in what is quickly becoming a two-man race. And the seventh Democratic debate, in...
by Bill Scher | Mar 4, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016
Donald Trump is not supposed to be like other politicians. He's refreshing. He's not beholden to anyone. He tells it like it is. This is wrong. He is the worst kind of politician. He is megalomaniacal phony. He will say anything to anybody to satisfy his thirst for...
