2016 NBC News-YouTube Democratic Debate Open Thread

Bill’s faithful wife Hillary. Larry David’s crazy cousin Bernie. That other white guy. Debate open thread. Live coverage starts at 8pm Eastern, 7pm Central, 6pm Mountain, 5pm Pacific, 3pm Hawai’i-Aleutian, 4am tomorrow Moscow. The debate itself begins an hour later. … Continue reading

The 2015 ABC News New Hampshire Democratic Debate Open Thread

Bernie. Hillary. That other guy. Third and final Democratic debate of the year. On ABC. Live televised programming starts at 8pm Eastern Time, 7pm Central, 6pm, Mountain, 5pm Pacific, 3pm Hawaii-Aleutian, and 9am Casey (Antarctica) Time, where they live in … Continue reading

The Week So Far in -ists and -isms

In our neo-enlightened America, it seems that everything is -ist now, or select groups–sometimes all groups–are guilty of some form of -isming or -phobiaing. This week especially, and it’s only Wednesday. Here are a few examples of the -ismzzz we’ve … Continue reading

Cynicism 2016

With Joe “BFD” Biden declaring that he won’t be running for the Democratic nomination for President, that leaves the party with Hillary Clinton as their leading contender. Bernie Sanders is slightly ahead of her (41 percent to 36 percent) in … Continue reading

The CNN/Facebook Democratic Presidential Debate Open Thread

Lincoln Chafee–former Rhode Island Governor. Hillary Clinton–former First Lady, former U.S. Senator, former U.S. Secretary of State. Martin O’Malley–former Maryland Governor. Bernie Sanders–U.S. Senator. Jim Webb–former U.S. Senator. Democrats. #DemDebate. CNN. CNN.com. CNNgo. CNN Radio online via tunein.com. Your local … Continue reading

2016 Pre-First Democratic Primary Debate Post

As most of us know, the first 2016 Democratic Primary Debate is tonight. Jim Webb, Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, Martin O’Malley, and Lincoln Chafee will take the stage in Las Vegas at 8:30 p.m. ET to discuss the freebies platforms … Continue reading

Post-CNN GOP Debate Polls Arrive at Consensus That Trump’s Popularity Has Slipped

Over the last few days, several polls have been released that are pretty consistent with one another, at least with regard to the race for the Republican presidential nomination. CNN, Fox News, Quinnipiac, and Bloomberg have polled Americans on this … Continue reading

The Ugly Stain of Insensitive Socialist Politicians

Earlier today as other Washington legislators gathered on the Capitol lawn to hold a somber prayer vigil for the victims of the shooting in Charleston, United States Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders provided supportive background shouting about pension … Continue reading