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Purple politics in Missouri’s CD2: Noga Sachs

June 28, 2018 Jade Nguyen 2018 Election, Candidates, Missouri region, Republicans, Widgets: Candidates 2018 Leave a comment

Noga Sachs is a candidate for Missouri’s 2nd Congressional District in the upcoming Republican primary. She’s running against long-time incumbent Ann Wagner. Recently, I

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Pelosi, McCaskill dis Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez after she beats entrenched NY Dem. WTF?

June 28, 2018 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2018 Election, Activism, Bernie Sanders, Democrats Leave a comment

When 28-year-old, first-time, Latina candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pulled off a stunning primary upset against 10-term Democrat Joe Crowley in New York, it was cause

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New rules for Democratic Party: Will they get it right this time?

June 5, 2018 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2020 Election, Democrats, Politics, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

The Democratic party’s rules for nominating presidential candidates are deeply flawed. Unfortunately, cycle after cycle, the party has failed to make changes that would

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The presidential primary system: Time to repeal and replace it

November 21, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Democracy, Democrats, Voting/Elections 3 comments

The Democratic party should be gearing up–right now–to completely revamp the presidential primary system. Of the many things that went horribly wrong in the

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Sanders, Clinton, Nevada and squabbling liberals

May 19, 2016 Steve Sorkin 2016 Election, Bernie Sanders, Democrats, Hillary Clinton One comment

What happened at the Nevada Democratic Convention is awful and inexcusable, and Sanders needs to apologize; demand that his supporters stop such terrible, hateful,

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We need a new presidential primary system, ASAP

February 1, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Democracy, Ideas, Politics 6 comments

The 2016 presidential primary season has started for real–kicked off by the Iowa caucuses. But our current presidential primary system is a disaster for

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