There seems to be no end to the email scandal which has dogged Hilary Clinton. People who support her rightly point out that the FBI investigation of the issue resulted in no charges, let’s let them be the judge of how appropriate that was from a legal standpoint, but from a fairness standpoint let’s be
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The Democratic party should be happy. Even if they lose the presidency to the dreaded Donald Trump demographics favor the, young people and minorities overwhelmingly favor positions that the Democratic party is historically strong in, we are truly witnessing the twilight of the angry white voter. Still there is, and has been for some time,
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There is and will continue to be a lot of discussion about Sanders supporters that won’t support Clinton if she wins the nomination, which looks very likely at this point. It is quite possible that up to 30% of Sanders supporters won’t vote for Clinton. Many people feel that this is rather treasonous, that if
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The Democratic debate in Brooklyn took place last night, and while it was more intense than previous debates no real new ground was covered. It has become clear however what this contest boils down to. If you are a Democrat you have a choice between Hillary, the smart kid, and Bernie, the good kid. This
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Mitch McConnell has indicated that the now Republican controlled senate will not consider a nomination to fill the seat of the late Antonin Scalia on the supreme court until after the next presidential election. This is a high stakes and foolish gamble on the part of the Republican establishment. First off this only pays off
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If Clinton wins her parties nomination for president we will miss out on an important and overdue debate concerning the role of the U.S. military. This is because in a general election the debate between her and her Republican would probably center over how engaged to be in foreign conflicts, not over we whether we
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Hilary Clinton takes a fair amount of criticism for her willingness to compromise her positions from people who aren’t her supporters on the left. I heard an interview with her which was very illuminating the other day in this regard. The interview was from when she was running against Obama in the Democratic primaries. During
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About a week ago , I wrote about the events leading up to the dilemma faced by Western Carolina University faculty and administration with being offered a $2 million grant from a Koch Brothers foundation. What I did not mention is the recent domination of the North Carolina university system by Republican minded-administrators such as
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Bernie Sanders is attracting a lot of support, it isn’t unusual to see newsworthy items about him concerning the size of the crowds he is drawing and the number of donors he has attracted. For someone who is a self-proclaimed Socialist, (more properly he is a Social Democrat in the Scandinavian style), that is unheard of for U.S.
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