by Digby | Jan 4, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Reihan Salam made a belated but useful observation this morning on a very lively Face the Nation after Trump went on an extended tirade about well ... everything: SALAM: Well, the genius of -- the genius of Ted Cruz is also the fact that if you look at the Republican...
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...
by Robert Borosage | Jan 4, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Finally, after months of chasing money and striking postures, of breathless polls reporting on inattentive voters, the presidential races head toward real votes in caucuses and primaries, beginning in Iowa and New Hampshire. Already, the attack ad salvos are...
by Digby | Dec 23, 2015 | Conservatism, This Is The GOP
One of the recurrent themes of this presidential election so far is a determined belief that Donald Trump is tapping into working class economic anxiety. And given what we know about the Republican party and the subset of American that are attracted to the Trump...
by Digby | Dec 21, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Despite the fact that this past weekend featured a Democratic Party presidential deb ate, the news continues to be Donald Trump and the GOP race. One assumes the press was not interested in the debate simply because the three candidates are professional, intelligent,...
by Terrance Heath | Dec 18, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Donald Trump’s supporters are now yelling “Seig heil!,” and calling for a black man to be burned alive. Can we call them fascists now? Can we call them racists now? Well, here we are. It finally happened. It was inevitable, really. It’s been coming almost from the...
