Our local (and much beloved) public radio station VPR just posted a story on its website trumpeting a recent Quinnipiac poll that shows Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders beating Donald Trump 45%-37%. The poll, according to the author, indicates that Sanders is “gaining ground in his presidential campaign.” As evidence, the story quotes Tim Malloy, assistant […]…Continue Reading The Case For Bernie: He Will Beat Trump!
Tag: 2016 Democratic nomination
There IS Something About Bernie – He’s Losing
As I’ve noted repeatedly in several posts during the current election cycle, the media loves them a horserace, and they are not above fabricating one if necessary to attract readership. This is particularly true when the clear front-runner is yesterday’s news – as is the case with Hillary Clinton. In newsrooms across the nation, nothing […]…Continue Reading There IS Something About Bernie – He’s Losing
Bernie Sanders: Live By the Gun, Die By the Gun?
In an email, former Vermont Governor Jim Douglas provides further context to Senator Bernie Sanders’ ambivalent record on gun control that I discussed in my last post and which has prompted the ire of some liberals in the Democratic Party. In 1990 Sanders challenged incumbent Republican Representative Peter Smith for Vermont’s lone congressional seat. This […]…Continue Reading Bernie Sanders: Live By the Gun, Die By the Gun?
Hillary Clinton: Campaigning in Prose
“You campaign in poetry; you govern in prose,” former New Yorker Governor Mario Cuomo famously proclaimed. Hillary Clinton is likely to prove Cuomo wrong; her campaign rollout speech yesterday on New York’s Roosevelt Island suggests she is determined to campaign in prose as well. Indeed, it was about as prosaic a speech as one could […]…Continue Reading Hillary Clinton: Campaigning in Prose
From the Green Mountains to the Redwood Forest to the White House: Is This Land Made for Bernie Sanders?
In the wake of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders’ announcement two days ago that he will challenge Hillary Clinton for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, I have been repeatedly asked the same question: “Why?” To which I respond, “Why not?” Yes, I understand that Bernie’s not going to win the Democratic nomination. Even his fellow Vermonters, […]…Continue Reading From the Green Mountains to the Redwood Forest to the White House: Is This Land Made for Bernie Sanders?