In 2012, Republicans virtually declawed themselves from being able to attack President Obama’s most vulnerable spot: Obamacare. Had Newt Gingrich or even Rick Santorum won the nomination, the Republicans would have been able to use the skepticism felt by many Independents to turn the tide in the election. Instead, they nominated the one man with...Read More

Look, I get it. Political spin is a necessary evil for politicians, especially if they’re running for President of the United States. However, there comes a point when you have to start seeing through the lies and focus on the facts. That’s something that Hillary Clinton is banking on Americans not doing.Read More

Don’t let the “D” that usually follows her name fool you. Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton might be very liberal on most topics, but when it comes to big business and corporate cronyism, she makes most Republican candidates seem more like Bernie Sanders.Read More

Unlike many of my cohorts, I happen to be a left-leaning independent. That means I’m the one who has to cover the Democratic Debates and I must admit it was the most boring political event I’ve ever seen. It made me actually miss having Jim Webb on stage constantly complaining about not getting enough time.Read More

There was a time not too long ago when socialism was a concept akin to communism. It didn’t make sense to the vast majority of Americans to take as much as possible from the rich and use it to fund the poor while moving the middle class to the edge of poverty. The thinking was...Read More

The last few weeks have seen Hillary Clinton going against President Barack Obama on many key issues. She’s accused his stance on illegal immigrants as too harsh and pulled the support she’d given dozens of times in the past for his pet Obamatrade project, the Trans-Pacific Partnership. This is good for differentiating herself. Unfortunately, it’s...Read More

When Hillary Clinton prepared to begin her tenure as Secretary of State in 2008, there is very little doubt that she was eyeing 2016 as her next attempt at the White House. She was just coming off of a stinging defeat in the Democratic primaries to President Barack Obama after leading for most of the...Read More

There are few 73-year-olds who can draw the kind of attention that Bernie Sanders is bringing to himself. After 28,000 people came to hear him speak in Portland, his campaign for the Democratic nomination for President nearly achieved the same level when 27,500 people attended his gathering at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena. Many...Read More