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The case for the Sanders revolution

February 15, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Bernie Sanders, Budget, Campaigns, Capitalism, Democracy, Demographics/Polls, Economy, Hillary Clinton, Obama, Politics, Republican Brain, Republicans, Survey 2 comments

Bernie Sanders is calling for a political revolution. Is there evidence to demonstrate that his “revolution” is needed? And why is the Sanders revolution

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What Hillary Clinton might say to help herself

February 6, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Banks, Business, Campaigns, Economy, Financial reform, Hillary Clinton, Obama, Politics, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

Hillary Clinton finds herself on the defensive, doing rope-a-dope, against certain charges from both the media and Bernie Sanders. Where Sanders is concerned, Clinton’s

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People’s candidate Bernie Sanders challenges Democratic establishment

January 29, 2016 Madonna Gauding 2016 Election, Campaigns, Democrats, Politics One comment

I’m not going to get support of the governors and the senators, with a few exceptions, or many of the major organizations. But the

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Is the country headed in the right direction?

January 27, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Campaigns, Democracy, Economy, Obama, Voting/Elections One comment

Do you think that the country is headed in the right direction? When asked that question in public-opinion polls, Invariably, a majority of  respondents

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A glimpse into Republican and Democratic brains

January 6, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Campaigns, Good government, Guns, Obama, Republican Brain, Republicans, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

It is no secret that political polarization has increased in the United States in recent years. For those who heard President Obama speak on

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Why a progressive would not mind seeing Trump win Iowa

December 29, 2015 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Campaigns, Democracy, Voting/Elections One comment

I have a very vivid memory of being in a meeting hall in St. Louis in late 2007 as Obama organizers were recruiting supporters

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What we’ve learned from right wing reaction to Obama, and now Trump

December 15, 2015 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, ACA/Obamacare, Campaigns, Civil Rights, Democracy, Hillary Clinton, Obama, Politics, Republican Brain, Republicans Leave a comment

On January 27, 1998, in the wake of the Monica Lewinsky revelations, Hillary Clinton appeared on the Today show and said, “The great story

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Trump: The Revenge of the Id

December 14, 2015 Carrie Driscoll 2016 Election, Campaigns, Ideas, Politics, Republicans Leave a comment

Spending a few minutes on Facebook, or the internet in general, puts one squarely in the crosshairs of three camps: those who think Donald

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America’s “Brag-osphere” and “Beg-osphere”

October 20, 2015 Arthur Lieber Campaigns, Consumer issues, Food Leave a comment

The lack of a comprehensive, government-provided safety net in America means that non-profits have to resort to bragging and begging to provide many basic

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Media does for Bernie Sanders what it never did for Dennis Kucinich

October 16, 2015 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, ACA/Obamacare, Campaigns, Democracy, Democrats, Good government, Health care, Hillary Clinton, Obama, Politics, Voting/Elections 4 comments

The first question that Anderson Cooper asked Bernie Sanders was, “A Gallup poll says half the country would not put a socialist in the

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