by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 8, 2016 | Conservatism, Economy, Election 2016
Republican leaders, including six of the GOP presidential candidates, on Saturday will engage in one of their occasional displays of "compassionate conservatism," in which they seek to convince voters that they actually do care about people struggling to climb out of...
by Roger Hickey | Jan 8, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Since the Democratic National Committee seems to sponsor Democratic presidential debates only once in a blue moon, progressive activists in Iowa have organized their own presidential forum in Des Moines – "Putting Families First" – on Saturday. If you can make it to...
by Bill Scher | Jan 7, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Republican operative Ed Rogers writes in The Washington Post that "Hillary Clinton is the most miscast character in the 2016 race" because "this is shaping up to be a change election, and nothing about a Clinton candidacy offers change." Rogers doesn't knock Clinton...
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 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...
