If politicians are rewarded for lying about their record on the war and on globalization, they will feel emboldened to keep lying when those rhetorical debates turn into legislative negotiations.
Hillary has made the entire NAFTA debate about an uncorroborated report from the right-wing Canadian government designed to embarrass Obama. Even more incredibly, the media followed right along.
Remember when Hillary Clinton moved to New York and adopted it as her home by idiotically putting on a Yankees hat? And remember how Hillary Clinton t...
Fortunately for progressives, as the Republican Party has imploded nationally, they have turned to the ballot initiative strategy of Richard Nixon -- a strategy that drove the GOP into the ground.
In predominantly white states, racism or subtle race-coded messages are not all that devastating a weapon against a black candidate -- especially in a Democratic primary.