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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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Trump: The man who would be king

January 11, 2016 Susan Cunningham 2016 Election, Democracy, Media, Republicans Leave a comment

“A certain kind of rich man afflicted with the symptoms of moral dandyism sooner or later comes to the conclusion that it isn’t enough

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It’s 2016: What happened to all those dire, Obama-geddon predictions?

January 2, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2012 Election, 2016 Election, Obama, Republicans Leave a comment

Now that it’s 2016, it’s time to fact-check some of the end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it predictions that President Obama’s critics made before his 2012 re-election. In an

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Trump to nation: Political system is rigged against you

August 12, 2015 Madonna Gauding 2016 Election, Corruption, Democrats, Republicans One comment

  In a rare, and perhaps historical, moment of truth telling in presidential politics, Donald Trump told 24 million Americans that wealthy people like

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Voting news: Some 17-year-olds can vote in primaries and caucuses in 22 states

February 11, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2014 Election, 2016 Election, Civil Rights, Good government, Illinois/Midwest, States, Voting/Elections, Youth issues 3 comments

In a trend that adds a nice dose of fairness to election laws, 22 states now allow citizens who will be 18 years old

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Dear Senator Warren, we need you to be president

November 20, 2013 Madonna Gauding 2016 Election, ACA/Obamacare, Banks, Congress, Demographics/Polls, Obama One comment

The title of Noam Scheiber’s November cover story in the New Republic is: “Hillary’s Nightmare: A Democratic Party That Realizes Its Soul Lies with

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