A recent article published here on Occasional Planet stated that the Republican debates last Thursday night were not as much of a clown car
Category: Campaigns
Trump knows how to reform campaign finance
Earlier this week I received one of those odious phone calls with a political candidate asking for, you guessed it, money. I wish that
Why Donald Trump will not run as a third-party candidate
Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to bolt the Republican party and switch his Presidential “candidacy” to a third party. News media are taking this
A whimsical look at why Trump is a Republican
Imagine if Donald Trump had entered the 2016 presidential race as a Democrat. He could have; there is no law that would have prevented
What Progressives can learn from Donald Trump
You may not like what Donald Trump has to say, but you have to admit that there is a certain openness, even rawness, to
Hillary can do what Barack could not: Winning women over to a progressive agenda
In the worst nightmare for progressives, Hillary Clinton will become president and be a tool of Wall Street and other entrenched interests. The flip
Politicians refuse to answer hypothetical questions: A political cop-out
If you’re planning a family vacation and one of your kids asks, “What do we do if it rains?” do you say “I won’t
Midterms: Democratic Party didn’t give people a reason to vote
It’s absolutely true that Mitch McConnell and the Republicans obstructed every Democratic initiative. On the other hand, Democrats didn’t give people a reason to
RIP Democratic Party: The best of the 2014 election post-mortems
The average American lost big in the midterm election yesterday when their last, best, if imperfect, hope, the Democratic party, was, in legislative terms
The team with the most money lost today: Cardinals vs Dodgers–a political parable
Unaccustomed as I am to writing about sports, I beg for indulgence just this once. I’m still breathless from this evening’s amazing come-from-behind win