Trump Booed By Who Saturday? Lobbyists and Corpos
The backstory on who booed Trump in South Carolina debate
Bob Dole: Big Donors Expect Something in Return
Former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, the GOP’s presidential candidate 20 years ago, forcefully spoke out against the flood of money in politics and suggested that major donors expect something in return for writing big checks.With the amount of cash being raised for the 2016 election reaching unprecedented levels, it’s becoming clear that running for Read More
Did Hillary Clinton Get an Assist from Mitch McConnell?
Hillary Clinton is “indistinguishable” from Elizabeth Warren, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said recently—and that might just have been music to the ears of the Democratic frontrunner.Bloomberg News reported that McConnell claimed that, rather than running “as Bill,” Clinton would be running as herself, and therefore pretty much as Elizabeth Warren, a senator from Read More
Please Stop Talking about Donald Trump
Talking about Donald Trump’s presidential campaign is about as useful as discussing Lincoln Chafee’s or George Pataki’s ambitions for the White House — except those two actually held elected office at one point. Yet, if you’re a ‘name’ in America, you can be a politician. Ok, ok, it’s a bit rich (pun intended) to request that Read More
Bush (Temporarily) Flip-Flops on Religion in Politics
Watch out Pope Francis, because Jeb Bush says you’re overstepping your bounds. After a leaked copy of Pope Francis’ encyclical revealed the pontiff’s intention of warning citizens about global warming and calling for governments to reduce their use of fossil fuels, Bush was quick to criticize. “I hope I’m not going to get castigated for Read More
Want to Know What Hillary Thinks? Just Ask Bernie.
Despite coming from a history (and family) of centrism, Hillary Clinton has in recent days begun weaving progressive causes into her stump speech for the Democratic Primary. On Sunday she took to the stage in Iowa and joined Congressional Democrats in her opposition to fast track authority for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), putting her at Read More
Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush are Running on the Same Ticket
Gore Vidal once quipped that there is only one party in the United States, “The Property Party…and it has two right wings.” Thus is the state of the 2016 campaign over the last 96 hours. Hillary Clinton ‘relaunched‘ her campaign on Roosevelt Island over the weekend and Jeb Bush, finally, declared his candidacy. While these Read More
Mitt Romney’s Coup
For the fourth consecutive year, Mitt Romney is hosting a summit of GOP political figures, money men, and right-leaning theorists. Some of these bigwigs include Chris Christie, Marco Rubio, Carly Fiorina, John Kasich, and Lindsey Graham. While many Romney voters feel the country made a big mistake in 2012 by re-electing Barack Obama and not Read More
Is Jeb Bush speaking for Obama? Or is Obama speaking for Jeb Bush?
Jeb Bush and President Obama are both in Germany this weekend. Unsurprisingly, they both spoke about Russian President Vladimir Putin. Surprisingly, they both sounded a lot alike. What Jeb said: “There are things that we could do given the scale of our military to send a strong signal that we’re on the side of Poland, Read More
Scott Walker and the League of Small-Government Gentlemen
“Who do we want? Scott Walker! Why do we want him? Because we’ve filled his coffers in exchange for small government initiatives!” – say the Koch brothers, Bradley Foundation, and many others. OK, they didn’t actually say that, but they have poured money into small-government think tanks that have, you guessed it, supported small-government Wisconsin Read More
Jeb Bush: Keep the Muzzle On
Jeb Bush is heading to Europe this week. For other 2016 hopefuls, campaigning across the pond has caused some headaches. Chris Christie and Scott Walker both found out the hard way that a trip overseas is not a walk in the park. So how is Jeb Bush, who is plagued by a family legacy of Read More