I am not a Bernie Sanders donor, or even really a supporter. I will be happy to vote for Hillary as many times as I can this Fall. If Baby Jesus is listening to my nightly prayers, the Republicans will run Ted Cruz against her and she will squash him like an overgrown dung beetle. …
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Krugman Ain’t Feeling the Bern (Updated)
Paul Krugman kinda sounds like many commenters on this here blog on the topic of transformational rhetoric vs realpolitik in today’s NYT column. Like all Krugman columns, it’s worth reading in full, but here’s excerpt: [O]n the left there is always a contingent of idealistic voters eager to believe that a sufficiently high-minded leader can …
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Another Democratic “Town Hall” Just Announced
Be careful what you wish for. Per CNN: The Democratic presidential hopefuls will face voters in a CNN town hall on Monday in Des Moines — one week before the highly anticipated Iowa caucuses. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders will field questions from Iowa …
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Open Thread: Once More, With Feeling
So Clinton loves Obama, Sanders just really likes him. Clinton doesn't like Wall Street, but Sanders really, really hates it. #DemDebate — Perry Bacon Jr. (@perrybaconjr) January 18, 2016 AVG GOP DEBATE QUESTION: how will you kill terrifying scary muslims on verge of destroying us all AVG DEM DEBATE QUESTION: can u fix racism — Max …
Deconstructing the Democratic Debate
Do y’all think last night’s debate changed anyone’s mind? I don’t. But it occurred to me that both the Clinton and Sanders campaigns are a tribute to President Obama in their own ways. Perhaps learning the lesson that eluded Al Gore in 2000, the Clinton camp has no intention of running away from a popular …
Bernie and FDR and Carl Sagan – oh my!
One of the best articulations of the liberal vision I’ve seen:
Open Thread: Points to Bernie Sanders (Seriously)
Here’s the full Sanders Q and answer about Bill Clinton’s scandals https://t.co/DcFo3ViTJT pic.twitter.com/H6r3NrxkbP — daveweigel (@daveweigel) January 8, 2016 As the Washington Post reports it: TOLEDO, Iowa — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) told a passionate town hall questioner here that he would not use former President Bill Clinton’s sex scandals against presidential primary opponent Hillary …
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