The parallels between 2008 and today are astonishing. The minute she senses the winds changing, she stops projecting the inevitable stateswoman air and begins a long series of ill-advised and ultimately self-destructive attacks. I don’t think she knows how to lose, or how to prevent herself from losing. Unfortunately,…

Many of us are tired of capitulation masquerading as pragmatism. Our country lurched right over the last few decades because conservatives realized that if they stake out far-right positions, they could force centrist Democrats to make moderate-right compromises. Then Democrats saw policy skewing right and, instead of…

I think there is plenty of evidence of an enthusiasm gap between Teams Clinton and Sanders and would be happy to go dig up polling data if necessary. Otherwise, speculation is all we have until the votes actually come in. If you have a non-speculative argument for how Hillary will outperform Bernie down ticket, I’ll…

Sanders has been vocally advocating for his supporters to also pay attention to their local tickets and admitting that he can’t accomplish anything on his own from the start. The general argument for Sanders doing more to regain the Senate is enthusiasm; his supporters are fired up and eager to vote, whereas Clinton…

As someone who has gone through something similar, you have my sympathy and respect. I don’t have the mental fortitude to talk about this with even my closest friends and family, and I really admire anyone who can discuss it openly and let others know they aren’t alone.

This is something I have struggled with as well. Back when I was living in a hellpit, I would have sex with my “boyfriend” to distract him from verbally/physically attacking me, despite having absolutely no desire for him. When I finally had enough power to get away from him without endangering my friends and family,…

They typically have waited until the primaries to endorse, but Cecile Richard’s daughter works for the Clinton campaign in Iowa. Interesting that this endorsement came right as polls are tightening there.

Hell, most Bernie supporters are tired of screaming Bernie fans. The campaign draws lots of youngsters who have never really had to deal with the soul-crushing nature of politics before, so some squawking is always going to happen. I personally don’t have a big issue with PPA endorsing Clinton, because I recognize she…

Great for them! I guess they need a reason to keep living with themselves just like everyone else. I still don’t want someone who pulls this shady shit so blatantly and remorselessly leading my country.

Call me an idealist.

I have watched Making of a Murderer, for the record, and I understand Clinton’s obligation to defend her client. But she took on that case recognizing that her client was probably guilty, as she herself admitted, and she made some pretty awful allegations of her own about the victim. I’m pulling these quotes from this …

Quite possibly, and I can still respect Democrats who aren’t comfortable with Bernie’s apple-cart-upsetting brand of populism. What’s interesting to me is that Bernie tends to be more popular with independents, who are often broadly painted as moderates (not necessarily true, of course), and is even drawing some…

We are in agreement on all of the above, with a quick shoutout to my gal Jill Stein as a laughably unlikely but still preferable progressive option.

Not trying to sound like too much of a Bernie shill, but general election polling shows Sanders does much better against Trump than Clinton. He has much broader support among independents and younger voters, and he has all the enthusiasm behind him that Clinton is blatantly lacking. Writing him off because the media…

This is the big dilemma, and it’s one I’m not going to chew over too seriously until the results from Iowa come in. I live in a reliably blue state, so I have the luxury of voting with my conscience, but should I encourage that action in others with the Court on the line? That’s where it gets tough.

Either way, a…

I usually try to lay off Clinton while commenting here (this is a new burner,) but this audio of her laughing about the tricks she used to get a likely child rapist off the hook has really soured me on her. I used to be fine with the idea of voting for her if Bernie didn’t get the nomination; now, I really can’t…

Speaking of statistics, this seems like a good place to mention that Bernie has more female donors than Hillary. Love Bernie’s brand of feminism, and I am fairly sure he never pulled something like this.