New Orleans Win, lose, or draw in the final balloting for the Democratic nomination, Senator Bernie Sanders may have finally paid off the big bets that the Communications Workers Union and a precious few others made in bucking the Democratic Party establishment and the AFL-CIO and doubling down on what initially seemed a quixotic …
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There’s a Fix to the Party Primary Madness: Membership
New Orleans It’s hard not to enjoy all of the wringing of hands and gnashing of teeth by the Republican Party “establishment” and even sometimes their counterparts on the Democratic side of the line. The gates have been stormed. Their castles are being overrun by hoi polloi. The unwashed and vulgar masses are everywhere around them …
Winning in November won’t be Easy for Clinton
New Orleans People enjoy calling Donald Trump a liar, but when he says that he is “expanding” the base of the Republican Party, he’s telling the truth, and that’s more frightening that a lot of the rest of the mishmash coming from his mouth. Worse, he is expanding the Republicans by stripping out the lower …