Month: April 2016
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The Electability Counterfactual
In Pennsylvania, the biggest delegate prize on Tuesday, April 26, 11 percent of Democratic primary voters indicated in exit polls that “electability” was the “candidate quality” they cared about most. Of those voters, 83 percent cast their ballots for Hillary Clinton. The results were similar in Connecticut and Maryland and…
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The New York Primary was a Sh*tshow. Here’s Why.
Russ Nickel is a screenwriter (with a B.A. in Creative Writing from Stanford University and an M.F.A in Screenwriting from Chapman University) who used to believe his vote mattered. Like many Bernie Sanders supporters, I’m new to politics – most of my knowledge came from comedians, who seem to be…
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California (and Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, and South Dakota), Here We Come
After Bernie Sanders outperformed expectations in Florida, Illinois, Missouri, and North Carolina but still fell short of victory in every state that voted on March 15, analysts noted that Sanders would need to secure an average of 58 percent of the remaining vote to win the Democratic nomination. In the…
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A Less Wonky Bernie Sanders Would Still Make a Great President
According to much of the mainstream media, Bernie Sanders’ recent interview with the New York Daily News was an unmitigated disaster. Chris Cillizza wrote that “Sanders struggled. Often mightily.” Jonathan Capehart argued that Sanders “seemed surprisingly out of his depth.” David Graham contended that Sanders “couldn’t offer a coherent answer,”…
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Clinton is “So Sick” of Inconvenient Truths
At a rally on Thursday night, Greenpeace activist Eva Resnick-Day approached Hillary Clinton to ask a question. Her exchange with Clinton was caught on video and is shown and transcribed below. Resnick-Day: “Thank you for tackling climate change. Will you act on your word to address fossil fuel money in…
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