by Joe Schaeffer | Feb 12, 2020 | Articles, Election 2020, Politics
As expected, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) won the 2020 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary on Feb. 11, with two rivals seeking to navigate the moderate lane finishing right behind him. The strong numbers for Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Senator Amy Klobuchar...
by Joe Schaeffer | Jan 31, 2020 | Articles, Election 2020, Opinion
Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Jan. 28 op-ed calling for Puerto Rican statehood accentuates the multibillionaire’s determination to try to claim the Democratic Party presidential nomination solely by focusing on urban dynamics, the only...
by Joe Schaeffer | Jan 29, 2020 | Articles, Election 2020, Opinion
As Iowa prepares to vote, an examination of the current top five Democratic presidential candidates brings a particular question to mind: Which member of this rather uninspiring pack would be best suited to stand next to President Donald Trump on a general election...
by Mark Angelides | Dec 27, 2019 | Articles, Politics
There is little doubt that Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has become a dominant voice in both the media circus and the House carnival since joining Congress in 2016. With the opportunity to speak one’s mind in a large public forum also comes the...
by Joe Schaeffer | Dec 26, 2019 | Articles, Politics
The 2019 circus portion of the Democratic presidential primary contest has starkly highlighted a major flaw that may handicap the party for another decade or more. The year drove home the disquieting fact that all of the real players within the Dem dynamic today are...