The latest polling out of California shows some eye-popping numbers in the Democratic primary race. Standard analysis of the primary battle is that Clinton performs well among women and minorities, while Sanders support is confined to white men and college students. But that’s not really the case. The truth is that there is a stunning […]
Bernie Sanders
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Raising the Stakes on Too Big to Fail
If the goal of Wall Street reform is to prevent U.S. taxpayers from having to bail out the big financial institutions again, the remarks by two Federal Reserve governors today were good news. Fed governors Daniel Tarullo and Jerome Powell, in separate public comments on Thursday, said the Fed would require eight of the largest […]
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Rigged vs Dumb Process
As I wrote recently, I really want to give Bernie Sanders the benefit of the doubt that he will campaign through the end of the primaries and then give his full support to Clinton when she wins the nomination by capturing over half of the delegates. The truth is, I get discouraged when the Sanders […]
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GOP Tries to Game California’s Jungle Primary by Using Deceptive Dirty Tricks Against Democratic Voters
Last weekend I noted that the ongoing presidential primary between Sanders and Clinton is benefiting Democrats in California. That’s not just because of increased voter registration, but more importantly because of California’s awful top-two primary system. To recap, in 2010 California voters enacted Proposition 14, which eliminated partisan primaries in all but the presidential race. […]
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How Sanders Can Avoid Becoming the Ted Cruz of the Left
As it becomes increasingly clear that Hillary Clinton will be the Democratic presidential nominee, a lot of people are beginning to talk about what Bernie Sanders should do now. The more interesting question is: what happens to the “movement” he has inspired once this election is over. That is what Brian Beutler attempted to address. […]
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Advice to Bernie Sanders from a Supporter: Keep It Positive From Here
It’s no secret to my regular readers here at Washington Monthly (and prior to that at Digby’s Hullabaloo) that I’m a Bernie Sanders supporter. It’s in my political DNA: I was a Howard Dean backer in 2004 and remain convinced that he would have won where Kerry lost. I supported Obama over Clinton in 2008 […]
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Bernie’s Math Problem
Bernie Sanders won the Indiana presidential primary and has so far garnered 43 delegates to Clinton’s 37. But that’s pretty much where the good news ends. As Nate Silver documented prior to knowing the final results: But let’s suppose Sanders pulls it out and wins a narrow victory instead, claiming 42 of Indiana’s 83 pledged […]
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Can Trump Win Over Sanders’ Supporters?
MJ Lee at CNN says that the Trump campaign is going to make a play for Sanders’ supporters. Trump’s advisers say these comments are a preview of more explicit overtures the campaign is ready to make to Sanders’ supporters once the populist liberal exits the 2016 race. That strategy is based on the broad areas […]
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Misplaced Nostalgia for the “Good Old Days”
The bygone days of American greatness evoked by Trump and Sanders are largely based on myth.
Posted inMagazine, March/April/May 2016, Politics
Message to Millennials: Bernie Sanders Is Intellectually Consistent, Not Intellectually Honest
Millennials, we get why you like Bernie, but…
