by Dave Johnson | Jan 29, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016
George McGovern was the Democratic nominee against incumbent Richard Nixon in the 1972 election. He lost in a landslide. Just as the events of the 1980s shaped the current economic environment, the 1970s "Nixonian" politics of division shaped the current political...
by Bill Scher | Jan 29, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016
Politico Magazine asked me and 11 others if Trump has "killed the GOP." My answer? Not yet: Before the Republican establishment concludes that its party is being consumed by a hostile takeover, it should first let its people cast some votes. So many conclusions are...
by Robert Borosage | Jan 29, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016
The Donald was missing and missed last night in the Fox News Republican debate. Without the bawdy showman, the entire cast seemed smaller, the divisive questions of the Fox moderators more petulant, and the debate endless. The most stunning revelations of the debate...
by Robert Borosage | Jan 29, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
The Washington Post editorial board sniped at Senator Bernie Sanders Thursday morning for pretending to be “an uncorrupted anti-establishment crusader.” But no shocking revelations followed. The editors didn't unveil previously hidden Sanders ties to the...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 28, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Thursday's Washington Post editorial, "Bernie Sanders’s fiction-filled campaign," is kind of fun. Sanders "is playing the role of uncorrupted anti-establishment crusader." But actually he "is not a brave truth-teller. He is a politician selling his own brand of...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 28, 2016 | Election 2016, Retirement Security
At the CNN town hall for the Democratic presidential candidates on Tuesday, Bernie Sanders pointed out that he has with Hillary Clinton "a disagreement on a very important issue that impacts everybody, but especially women": "I believe that we should expand Social...
