Josh Marshall: Berniacs’ Behavior ‘Comes From The Top’
At Talking Points Memo, Josh Marshall says that the current state of the Sanders campaign reflects the active, willful priorities of its figurehead: (T)his is coming from Bernie Sanders. It’s…
WATCH: Free Hugs Man Is the Hero Democrats Need Right Now
An ugly scene unfolded in California Friday as supporters of Bernie Sanders turned out to counter a Hillary Clinton rally, but lucky for all Democrats, a hero was on the…
Why Can’t Bernie Sanders Close The Deal With Poor Voters?
While he has talked about economic inequality almost to the exclusion of other forms of inequality, Sen. Bernie Sanders has found the most success so far in states where inequality…
Sanders Campaign Wants To Overturn The Will Of The Voters
With slightly more than half of all delegates now pledged, Bernie Sanders is not gaining on Hillary Clinton’s lead in the Democratic primary race. This delegate math does not result…
How Hillary Clinton Can Smash Our Low Expectations
This is the second post in what may be a three-part series on Democrats in the 2016 elections. The first post dealt with how progressives react to disappointment. This is…
Trump Fans’ Hate, Anger Surprise Cato Institute’s David Boaz
Libertarians naturally don’t have much of a power structure, but you could be forgiven for thinking of David Boaz as the recognized dean of the libertarian school. He’s the executive…
The Breitbart Primary
The biggest political story over the weekend was Sen. Ted Cruz taking a ten-point lead in Iowa polling, a story that had the chattering classes wondering where the seemingly-sudden surge…
Jeb! Bush Tries To Fix His Campaign With Appeal To ‘ADD Voters’
Late last week, US News obtained a 112-page internal report from the Jeb! Bush campaign that included a 45-slide PowerPoint presentation. It’s packed with the sort of fodder that political…
Mike Huckabee Forgives Molesters, Would Force Birth On Victims
Remember how culture warrior and quadrennial Republican presidential aspirant Mike Huckabee defended his friends, the Duggar family, after it turned out that a teenage Josh had felt up his sisters…
Trump Payola Pays: Breitbart Debuts Fascist Immigration Plan
Just days after word leaked that Donald Trump was engaged in a payola scheme with Breitbart News, the website has spent all day today touting the reality show candidate’s new…