The Democratic Party has clearly swung to the progressive left, with candidates in the first round of presidential debates coming up with one program after another to help the poor, the disadvantaged and the struggling middle class. Proposals ranged from a Universal Basic Income to Medicare for All to a Green New Deal to student […]
The post-debate Morning Consult poll shook up the Democratic primary quite a bit— at least for Kamala Harris. She surged into 3rd place behind Biden and Bernie and tied with Elizabeth Warren, after beating up on Biden in a way that seemed effective for many in the audience. She gained 6 points and Biden lost 5.
I think it was pretty obvious which candidates made a good impression and which candidates made a bad impression and which candidates made no impression at all. My own gut reaction for night one was that Elizabeth Warren cleaned up. No one came close— especially in the first half of the debate. I thought that Julian Castro made a good impression and so did de Blasio, Booker and Jay Inslee. Beto bombed.
Biden (senile): "Wish you were here," passing the torch to himselfI had a feeling Biden might not do well in the debate. But I never expected to see the total self-destruction. He should have been seated on a lawn chair with a hose to douse the other candidates for stepping on his lawn. Eric Swalwell summed it up before it even began!
Frackenlooper seems to have acquired the template for the anti-“socialism” raving the right was using before FDR pulverized the Republican Party and the conservative Democrats’ so-called American Liberty League. Back in 1936, American voters responded to the conservatives’ dire rantings about “Socialism!!!” by reelecting Roosevelt 27,747,636 (60.8%) to 16,679,543 (36.5%).
Stephen Colbert was wrong about de Blasio, who wasn't allowing himself to be ignored by a batch of jackass moderators. His interruptions were welcome. Trump's weren't. Señor Asshole tweeted that he found the debate last night boring.
by NoahThe first Democratic Party debates are hours away, Wednesday and Thursday evenings to be more precise. I know that I'm not the only one who is hoping for serious discussions of issues. I'm also not the only one who is hoping that the various candidates cease with the usual patronizing of voters but I also know that the past is prologue and we're talking about politicians.
If you follow me on Twitter and were following me during the Democratic debate at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee on Thursday, you read what no mass media has covered, namely that the Hilary Cheat Machine had stacked the deck.
Over the past few days the Republicans have pushed two bills from the Wall Street agenda, Randy Hutgren's H.R.1675, meant to weaken disclosure requirements for companies that offer stock options to employees, and curb oversight and liability on promotional materials that companies use to market certain products that investors rely on, and Blaine Luetkemeyer's H.R.766, meant to
This week Florida-based PolitiFact looked at Florida congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz's scheme to undermine Bernie Sanders' campaign from her perch at the DNC. If they were a judge and jury, she'd be going to jail.
