If Bernie Sanders is nominated, he would face numerous attack ads smearing him as a socialist and communist by his future Republican opponent. Given how unpopular capitalism is now, however, it may not hurt as much as it would have years ago.
Death of an Original A-Hole
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The death of Justice Antonin Scalia has triggered a political battle between conservatives who want another constitutional originalist to replace him and Democrats who want President Obama to nominate a liberal in order to change the balance of the Supreme Court.
Ask Him
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Hillary Clinton has supported most “free trade” agreements that have encouraged American jobs to leave overseas. Now she’s heading to states that have been devastated by outsourcing. Will people forgive and forget and vote for her?
Hello Firewall
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Hillary Clinton’s campaign believes it has a “firewall” against insurgent candidate Bernie Sanders in the form of African-American voters in Southern states where President Bill Clinton is remembered fondly. Do blacks really want to be her firewall? We’ll see soon.
Ted Cruz Primer
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Ted Cruz upset Donald Trump in the Iowa Caucus. Who is he? What do you need to know about our possible next president?
Hillary Fixes the Housing Crisis
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Hillary Clinton is extremely concerned about Americans who lost their homes. Well, she’s particularly worried about one: herself. The home she used to live in, of course, is at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Hillary, solving the housing crisis one person at a time.
Pre-Winning
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In an aggressive move that recalled the Bush campaign in its Florida 2000 judicial coup d’etat, Hillary Clinton declared victory in the incredibly tight Iowa Caucus a full day before the state officially announced the results and before any TV network issued a projection.
Why Whites Won’t Give Reparations
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When you create an empire on theft, genocide, graft, corruption, exploitation, abuse and all manner of abuse and degradation, is it possible to single out one group of victims for compensation without adding the other ones too? And if the answer is no, as justice demands, will there be anything left in the end? And if no, would it really matter?
The Thrilling Appeal of Incrementalism
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In the Democratic primaries, the race comes down to a contest between the idealistic appeal of Bernie Sanders and the incrementalist defend-what-we-already-have technocracy of Hillary Clinton.
Patrick Henry Rodham Clinton
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One of Hillary Clinton’s many challenges in her race against Bernie Sanders is that she’s running as an incrementalist technocrat against an inspiring idealist. In a year when voters are agitating for radical change, can a message of “more of the same, but slightly more so” resonate?
