Democrats Need to Consider Worst-Case Scenarios
Regardless of what party you’re in or which candidate you support, it seems to me the presidential election comes down to one question: Which Democratic candidate can best withstand...
Supercharging the Hillary Playbook
It’s amazing that in a nation of around 247 million adults, there’s 400 million opinions on the Clinton-Sanders campaign. (Maybe the extras are just fake Facebook profiles.) So let...
Clinton vs. Sanders on Healthcare: Who’s Right?
After hearing the Clinton campaign’s criticisms of Sanders’ single payer proposal, I wanted to get real the facts. This WaPo factcheck article suggests that the Clinton claim is true...
Enjoying the Political Super Bowl
I’m watching the movie “Anomalisa” yesterday (save your money). And you know how your mind wanders during a bad movie? So my thoughts start wandering to politics and the primary...
The Heart Attack Moment
Imagine it’s mid-February. Hillary Clinton eked out a win in Iowa, lost to Bernie Sanders in New Hampshire, but still looks like the Democrat’s odds-on favorite going into South...
Hillary and the Politics of Hate
In my last year of college, we heard a rumor that our school was going to land ex-president Richard Nixon as our commencement speaker. This would have been quite...
Longing for the magic fix
by Kevin Kelton One of the reasons I think I have pretty good political sensibilities is that I actually listen and pay attention to details. So when Jeb Bush...
The Debate Bernie Sanders Already Won
by Kevin Kelton Next Tuesday in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Democrats will hold their first debate of the 2016 presidential primary season. But it’s already clear that the winner will be...
How Many Debates Do Primary Voters Need?
by Kevin Kelton As the date of first Democratic primary debate approaches, a lot of the party faithful are up in arms because DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz is...
While Joe Mulls, Dems Should Move On
By Kevin Kelton Democrats all like Joe Biden. We know he is a smart and loyal vice president, a solid progressive, and we mourn for the painful loss of...
Polls don’t tell the true story
by Kevin Kelton You’ve heard of college basketball’s March Madness? This year’s presidential primary campaign should be called Polling Madness. In the course of just three weeks, the media...
Beware of Political Witch Doctors
by Kevin Kelton I’m beginning to think there is a mass hysteria spreading across America – a real, delusional mass hysteria – about wanting a rebel candidate who will “fix”...
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The Sanders Earthquake
Yesterday I wrote a post about my concerns that Bernie Sanders would be taken apart by the rightwing attack machine should he win the Democratic nomination. While the response...