What will supporters of Bernie Sanders do if superdelegates do not award him the Democratic presidential nomination in July? Sanders supporters who are driven more by emotion than by logic will respond by immediately pledging allegiance to Green Party candidate Jill Stein, declaring that they cannot in good conscience vote for the allegedly “corporatist” candidate of […]
Bernie Sanders
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Emotional Rescue
Are progressives and Democrats overestimating just how many conservatives and Republicans will support Donald Trump in the privacy of the voting booth? Yes, as Salon’s Heather Digby Parton has observed, it is profoundly disturbing to see conservatives and Republicans falling in line behind Trump merely because of political tribalism. Yet the general election is still […]
Posted inBooks, June/July/August 2016, Magazine
What’s the Matter with the Left?
Thomas Frank’s factually un-rigorous assault on the Clinton and Obama administrations.
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Like Sand(er)s Through the Hour Glass, So Are the Days of Our Lives
Give them credit…but only so much, for now. Bernie Sanders and his most passionate supporters are right and wrong at the same time. The Democratic nomination contest will not technically be over until superdelegates vote at the Democratic National Convention next month in Philadelphia, and without question, he has a right to ask superdelegates who […]
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Where Bernie’s Progressives Go in a Clinton Administration
This is one area that Sanders campaign can have direct, lasting impact.
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A Party That Works
Democrats are unifying behind Hillary. Will Republicans take the same path?
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Sanders Will Draw on President Obama’s Skills as a Negotiator
It’s a role the president is perfectly suited to play.
Posted inPolitics
Democratic Superdelegates: Hillary’s Safety Net, Bernie’s Demise
Everything you wanted to know about superdelegates but were afraid to ask.
Posted inPolitical Animal, Politics
A Day of Reckoning for the Sanders Campaign
Coming off of big wins in the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico this weekend, the Associated Press reports that Hillary Clinton is within 26 delegates (pledged and super) of clinching the Democratic presidential nomination. With upcoming races on Tuesday in New Jersey, California, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and New Mexico, the folks at NBC […]
