WaPo: "Hillary Clinton’s national lead is slipping faster in 2016 than it did...
Nothing real new here, just a bit more detail. But the 2008 vs 2016 graph (Click Here) really is stunning: If we compare where Clinton is now in the Real Clear Politics polling average, the 2016...
View ArticleNY Times Gives Bernie's New Ad High Praise
The NY Times today published a review (NY Times Article) of Bernie’s amazing new ad.xYouTube Video And from beginning:With the help of the Simon and Garfunkel song “America,” Senator Bernie Sanders of...
View ArticleNightly News Coverage in 2015: Trump 234 mins, Clinton, 113 mins, Sanders 10...
As of Nov. 30, 2015 those were the 3 major networks’ numbers, according to this “Washington Post” article WaPo:According to the Tyndall Report, which tracks the airtime that the various flagship news...
View ArticleTrumps Claims He Could Shoot Someone And Not Lose Voters
What is there really left to say?(Click here for entire article: Trump Could Shoot Someone)Donald Trump reportedly suggested he could shoot someone in a crowded area and still keep voters, speaking...
View ArticleNY Times: "Art Garfunkel is a Bernie Guy"
I guess it was inevitable that the media would want to speak with at least one of them (click here for article: NY Times):Art Garfunkel is a “Bernie guy.”One half of the duo whose famous song,...
View Article"My Son"
It may not make much sense to tell this story on a site which is about 75% atheistic (“Poll: Do You Believe in God"). But, what the heck… I was born Jewish, though never “Bar Mitzvahed”. My father had...
View ArticleWhatever Happened to the Pope?
It seems that not too long ago, this country was awash in Pope Francis. Virtually non-stop coverage of his visit to the US, to the point of virtual exclusion of all else, was the order of the day. But...
View ArticleNoam Chomsky Says GOP Is 'Literally A Serious Danger To Human Survival’
The Huffington Post recent published an article with the above title Noam Chomsky Says GOP Is 'Literally A Serious Danger To Human Survival’. It seems that the older Prof. Chomsky becomes (he just...
View ArticleOr Sometimes, the Real Hillary is Sitting Down...
xYouTube Video Ah, the sheer joy in the taking of human life through assassination. A great humanitarian, a great woman, a great American. This is just the “sense and sensibility” we need in the...
View ArticleAnd the Big-Time Sliming Begins
The New York Times ran a front page article today entitled Bernie Sanders Is Democrats’ Top Beneficiary of Outside Spending, Like it or Not. The “Like it or Not”, unnecessarily tacked on to the end,...
View ArticlePoll: What is the Most Important Thing in Your life?
Just trying to get a sense of the priorities of the denizens of this site.Thank you & good luck.
View Article"Common Dreams": Either Way, Sanders Wins
Taking an interesting perspective, “Common Dreams” contributor, Robert Borosage, posted an article today entitled “Iowa’s Big Winner: Senator Bernie Sanders”.The results of the Iowa caucuses won’t be...
View ArticleNo Ordinary Endorsement
This wasn’t his official endorsement of Bernie. But I’ve yet to see anyone knock the idea of supporting him right out of the park, the way Cornel West does here on Bill Maher’s show:xYouTube Video
View ArticleIs There Anything Fishy About a .1% Margin of Victory?
In an article for “The Hill” Iowa Dems push back on Sanders claim of lost votes it looks like the Sanders campaign doesn’t feel the Iowa caucus counting was entirely on the “up-and-up”, and are...
View ArticleBill Clinton's Final 1992 Iowa Caucus Tally: 2.8%
With all the comparison’s with Obama in 2008, it might be interesting to note just how Hillary’s husband fared in Iowa 1992:1992Note: Democrats have used a weighted vote and traditionally haven’t...
View ArticleSalon: "No One Will Say It, But the Clintons’ Rise Was Premised on...
I was as surprised to see this recent article on “Salon” as I suppose many DKers are going to be (“The Clintons’ sordid race game: No one will say it, but the Clintons’ rise was premised on...
View ArticleJust a Reminder
I included the below in my previous diary, but just learned that the main article has already been posted by bobswern (I apologize for missing the overlap. ) Nonetheless, I thought the second half of...
View ArticleBernie Sanders Actually Has a Lot More Experience than Hillary Clinton
Perhaps the most persistent myth during this election cycle is that the amount of government experience of Hillary Clinton far exceeds that of Bernie Sanders. I think this has been able to gain as...
View Article"Time" Mag Online Poll: Sanders Won Debate 86-14%
“Time” magazine had their usual online poll Time Poll after last night’s debate, and the results were startling (as of 1:18 AM EST):Two Democratic presidential candidates took to the stage for a...
View ArticleEven Mom Prefers Sanders Now
My mother is an 89 year-old political junkie. She reads the NY Times just about cover-to-cover every day, and spends most evenings watching MSNBC. She’s a New Deal democrat who has voted in every...
View ArticleGreg Palast Believes He's Found the Real Reason for the Ascendancy of Marco...
Writing for “The Smirking Chimp” one of the few remaining great investigative reporters, Greg Palast, says the following (Who Hatched Rubio?):The big boys are confident that Sen. Marco Rubio has...
View ArticleA Very, Very Good Documentary on Johann Sebastion Bach
It’s Sunday, so I thought a couple of people my like this. It’s probably my favorite documentary on a composer. A BBC production narrated by Kenneth Branagh, with wonderful commentary by Jonathan...
View ArticleHave 250,000 People on Facebook Already Seen a Diary I posted 3 Days Ago?
I’ve only been at the Kos for a few months and still don’t know how a lot of stuff works. I only just recently (for example) noticed the icons which let you know how many people have shared a DK diary...
View ArticleThis is How Much Some People Hate Bernie
Just a warning: this is unbelievably disgusting. But, now as the Sanders Movement is getting firmly grounded in the mainstream, I think it is well worth being aware to what extent everything Bernie...
View ArticleMost Scientists Believe in God
Ever since I conducted a poll here ("Do You Believe in God") which showed that about ¾ of the progressives on this site were atheists, I’ve been wondering if this really might be the right fit for a...
View ArticleBernie Sanders' Historic 8 1/2 Hour Filibuster
This has probably been posted here before. But, I recently saw a book at B & N which has just been (I guess) reprinted, with the entire text of the 8. 5 hours, and I thought I’d find the speech...
View ArticleHuffpo Pollster: Bernie and Hillary in a Dead Heat, 45% - 45%, in Nevada...
This is the latest just within the last few hours. The Huffington Post is currently tracking 7 polls from 5 pollsters: click here for poll Huffpo New Nevada Poll
View ArticleRalph Nader Unloads on Hillary
Wow! Nader just dropped the big one on HRC. This is just amazing: Hillary Clinton Sugarcoating Her Disastrous RecordBernie Sanders is far too easy on Hillary Clinton in their debates. Clinton flaunts...
View ArticleWhat Abe Fortas Still May Have to Teach Us
In doing a little research regarding the appointment of Supreme Court justices, I came across this piece of political Americana (from Wikipedia):The Thurmond Rule was a factor in the opposition, but...
View ArticleWhy the GOP Blocking the Confirmation of Obama's Supreme Court Nominee is...
Because the anger and resentment such a thing would induce in the average voter would so far surpass the same created by Republicans’ recent attempt to shut down the government, it would result in...
View ArticleHuffpo: "Bernie Sanders Is The Next President Of The United States (Of The...
Well, I guess this is a first of sorts. The nation’s top blog (15 Most Popular Blogs Feb. 2016) with 110,000,000 monthly visitors, has finally come out and said it: Bernie Sanders Is The Next...
View ArticleChomsky: "Bernie Sanders is a Decent, Honest New Dealer"
Noam Chomsky, in a recent interview with Al Jezeera, put it very nicely when he said Bernie may call himself a socialist, but he in fact is a “New Dealer”, referring of course to FDR’s “New Deal” for...
View ArticleI Think You Know the Tide Has Really Turned...
… when not only do polls start showing a dead heat between Hillary and Bernie in an ethnically diverse state (Nevada Presidential Democratic Caucus), but “Saturday Night Live” knows it can get away...
View ArticleRachel Maddow Says the Reality of "Super Tuesday" is Much Different Than...
The “Super Tuesday” analysis starts at about 8 mins in (and I couldn’t move the clip forward. Sorry.) But Rachel says she’s been tracking Super Tuesday closer than any other media entity, and has...
View ArticleIF Building Walls Isn't Christian, One Really Has to Wonder About Carpet-Bombing
Pope Francis recently made the news (Pope Francis) while responding to a question by a reporter about Donald Trump’s proposal to build a wall along the US-Mexican border, by saying:"A person who only...
View ArticlePoll: "Are You 'Spiritual'?"
Not too long ago I posted a poll called "Do You Believe in God?", and the response was “No” by almost 5-1. But someone recently suggested that the results might be different if the poll question was...
View ArticleLA Times:"Even a Close Sanders [Nevada] Finish Could Raise Strong Doubts...
In a recent analysis of the Nevada Democratic Caucus (Nevada's Democratic race has grown surprisingly close, and its stakes exceedingly high), LA Times reporter sums up that particular race like this:...
View ArticleDean Baker Isn't a Huge Fan of "The Four Economists' Big Letter", Either
Economist Dean Baker has weighed in on the “Big Letter” now as well. Baker is co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, DC. In a column for the “Huffington Post”, one...
View ArticleMy Problem Isn't Mainly With Hillary Winning the Nomination, It's About Her...
I am a staunch Sanders supporter, and won’t mislead anyone about the serious issues I have regarding Hillary Clinton as a human being as well as a candidate. The list of her real and perceived...
View ArticleBlack Lives Still Don't Seem to Matter (as much as I thought they did) in...
The spiritual group I’m affiliated with meets each Sunday afternoon in a space which it rents from the United Universalist Church in Cherry Hill, N.J. As I was leaving yesterday, one of the black...
View ArticleMichael Moore's "Where to Invade Next" Talk at Google
I just recently saw “Where to Invade Next”. It’s (of course) a “must see film”, and if it is playing near you, you may want to rush. There is only one movie house showing it in about a 10 mile radius...
View ArticleFor Sanders Supporters Only: "Would You Vote For Hillary Clinton in the...
I am starting to wonder if this would actually be the case, should Mrs. Clinton succeed in winning the Democratic nomination for President. Given the vitriol on this site and elsewhere, where HRC is...
View ArticleMedia Hasn't Seemed to Pick Up (Yet) On the Impact of Sanders Supporters Not...
I’d be the last one to claim this poll (Voting For Hillary?) as being “definitive” by any stretch of the imagination. But I think it may be fair to deduce something significant from it. The fact that...
View ArticleA Few Thoughts on the New CNN/ORC Poll
The just released CNN/ORC poll, where Hillary Clinton is said be leading Bernie Sanders nationally, 55% to 38%, among Democrats (and independent voters leaning Democratic) is bound to be a bit...
View ArticleAn Anecdote
While being nearly swept away, in awe and wonder during Hillary’s speech tonight, I was brought rudely back to reality by a little memory from the not so distant past. As I mentioned; I simply...
View ArticleBernie's Path to Nomination Now Clearer than Ever
Since it’s all spin at this point, here’s mine: Hey, I never expected a Jewish Socialist from the Northeast to do well in the South (let’s be real). However, even there he won Oklahoma. But, even if...
View ArticlePoll: Kos's Job Approval Rating
In case you’re interested (or utterly indifferent...), here is your opportunity to formally cast your ballot on the subject.
View ArticleHillary Clinton: No Clear Path to the Nomination
Bernie Sanders’ upset in the Michigan primary yesterday may not only go down in the history books as the greatest example of polling error, but a turning point in the Democratic primary race itself. As...
View ArticleRegarding Our 15 Minutes of "Recent Stories" Fame
I don’t know how many others might have noticed this. But it seems that ever since the “great writer search” of recent times, the amount of exposure most of us receive at DK has dramatically declined....
View ArticleHuffpo: "5 Reasons the Clinton-Sanders Race Is Much, Much Closer Than You Think"
To watch cable news, one would think that Bernie Sanders is still in the Democratic primary race simply to send a message to Washington, be a thorn in Hillary Clinton's side, play trainer to her Rocky,...
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