The Green candidate could pull Bernie voters away from Hillary.
Bernie Sanders
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The American Dream vs. The American Nightmare
While the hazmat crews continue to clean up the raw sewage that flowed from the podium at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland last week, I hope Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, Senator Tim Kaine, Senator Bernie Sanders, Vice President Biden and President Obama can make some last-minute adjustments that will strengthen the speeches they […]
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Trump: He’s Just Not That Dwight
You know, maybe they haven’t stopped to think about it. You know who they are. The folks with the Donald Trump bumper stickers on their cars. The folks in your office, in your church, in your social circle, in your home who think Trump has the magic elixir to make America great again. The folks […]
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What Democrats Should Embrace and Reject From the Sanders Campaign
The party can embrace his vision while rejecting some of the rhetoric.
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For Sanders, It Was Worth the Wait
By withholding his endorsement, Sanders is able to put some of his political agenda on the table.
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Journey to the Center
Who knew that Bernie Sanders’s appointees to the Democratic platform committee were into self-mutilation? How else does one explain their willingness to cut off their noses to spite their faces? I don’t quite understand the logic of trying to force the platform to adopt every last one of the Vermont Senator’s preferred issues, in particular […]
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Liberals Shouldn’t Affirm Trump’s Message About Globalization
We can’t separate Trump’s message about globalization from the demagogy and nativism on which it is grounded.
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An Honest Discussion About Free Trade Is Not Likely in This Election
Election year politics are drowning out reason.
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A Taxing Effort
Will Congress actually pass carbon-pricing legislation by December 31, 2017? This ambitious goal is not as far-fetched as it may seem—especially if Donald Trump damages the Republican Party so severely that the GOP actually loses both houses of Congress (also not a far-fetched prospect). Having said that, the final version of a carbon-pricing bill may […]
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“Now There’s Revolution, But They Don’t Know What They’re Fighting…”
Bernie supporters need to realize that staying home will only make things worse.
