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I’m one of those rare individuals in America who wants more than simply “health care reform”; I want something called SOCIALIZED MEDICINE. That means that I want a health care ...

One analyst last week estimated that after all is said and done, it could end up costing America taxpayers $1-$2 trillion to prop up Wall St and our failed banking system. Here's a better idea, ...

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No matter what some people may think about the lack of importance of the illegal immigration issue, I can tell you that ...

As Bernie has pointed out lately, California has 20% of all delegates that are available to candidates and it appears that the West coast is going to be one of the parts of the country where he is goi

Okay class, here is your bonus question...true or false: Even if Congress were to do nothing at all in response to Paulson's/Bernanke's/Bush's request, isn't it true that The ...

Kathy Hochul's big win in NY's 26th Congressional District surprised many. Republicans were surprised that seniors could be scared into ignoring the sugar-coating they put on their mean-spirited ...

The good news about Obama's drop in the polls is that the people who shifted their support to McCain in the past month belong to that special class of the electorate known as The Swing Voters .

Of all the key variables at play in the calculus of political campaigning, Time is the one that has always been most crucial to the aspirations of Bernie Sanders and his hopeful supporters. There are other variables, of course.  Without a compelling

The single biggest obstacle that Bernie Sanders must overcome in the next few months is the fiction-based rumor of Bernie Sanders that the Clinton campaign has been promoting, one which relies heavily on two basic elements: Misleading insinuation

I was a little behind the news cycles yesterday and only this morning had an opportunity to view Barack Obama's absolutlely sensational response to the Clinton/McCain attacks. Last night, after my ...

Money.   Here’s the thing: if the Sanders Campaign is able to report that it has actually taken in more total financial contributions in the current quarter than the Clinton campaign was able to,

With the [presumably] delicate psyches of Bernie’s youngest supporters in mind, I thought I’d share my reflections on the significance of yesterday’s primary results. Having been a Bernie Sanders enthusiast since day one, the day he announced his can

In the final weeks of the 2004 campaign, many Democrats complained that the Republicans were using fear tactics to win the election. I thought it was an odd sort of criticism to be voicing, given ...

Have you been somewhat confused as to what Hillary’s feud with Bernie is all about over Health Care?  I thought I might try to clear things up a bit, based in part on what I learned about the economic

In January 2016, as her poll numbers began to weaken, Hillary Clinton began to criticize Bernie Sanders’ support for a renewal of Glass-Steagall’s limitations on commercial banks, arguing it would not

I just figured it out last night. Even though he characterized himself and Obama as the candidates of CHANGE---in contrast to Hillary Clinton---I think he eventually discovered that he could not ...

There was a diary on the Recommended list yesterday with a title that explicitly claimed Bernie Sanders was not being completely honest about his Single Payer Health Care plan.   I found this cla

Hillary says "the tide has turned?" Oh really? As I recall, she was leading Obama by 11+ points in the PA polls 2-3 weeks ago, when she started her relentless effort destroy Barack Obama's ...

We are all quite aware of what's at stake. And yes, we are familiar with the bleak projections that have been made. I don't know how things are going to ultimately unfold, but I do know that there ...

So once again Israel's leaders have decided kill lots of Palestinians in Gaza in order to 'teach them a lesson' for supporting the leadership offered by Hamas. What kind of reasoning lies behind ...

When I heard Bernie Sanders had announced he was running for President a couple of months ago, I was happy to hear the news, but not altogether optimistic about his prospects. Still, I thought, ...

No, it won’t be because they woke up and realized that they suddenly hate Hillary Clinton after having voted for her twice before in previous Senate campaigns.  It will be because they have come to realize in recent days that there is a better way for...

CNN is reporting that President Obama will be proposing a job creation package that may top $400 billion :

Will I vote for Barack Obama in November of next year? Yes, if he is the Democratic nominee and the Republican running against him is as horrible as I expect him/her to be. But am I going to be ...

...but that's not a bad thing; that's a good thing. It may not be obvious (due to all the spin out there) but Barack has actually made real gains through these mega-hyped 'campaign disasters'