Apr 17, 2015 | Conservativism, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans, Scandals
Published: Daily Dot (April 7, 2015) According to a New York Times report published on Monday, Jeb Bush identified himself as a “Hispanic” on voter registration form in 2009. In response to this story, Bush tweeted:...
Apr 16, 2015 | Democrats, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Political Parties
Published: Daily Dot (April 16, 2015) “I am Vice President. In this I am nothing, but I may be everything.” Much has changed since America’s first vice president, John Adams, offered that observation about the “insignificant” position which “my country has in its...
Apr 14, 2015 | Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Gender and Sexism, Media Issues, Political Parties, Republicans, Salon.com
Published: Daily Dot (April 14, 2015), Salon (April 16, 2015) There is a strong possibility that the 2016 presidential election will be the first one to offer Americans a woman as a major party candidate. As such, one would hope that its high-profile candidates would...
Apr 13, 2015 | Democrats, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Political Parties
Published: Daily Dot (April 13, 2015) With polls giving her a four-to-one lead over her closest rivals, it would seem like Hillary Clinton has good reason to be optimistic about her recently announced presidential campaign. After all, she is quite literally the...
Apr 9, 2015 | Conservativism, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Gay Rights and Other LGBTQIA Issues, Pennsylvania, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Religion and Religious Issues, Republicans, Salon.com
Published: Salon (April 9, 2015) How the former GOP heavyweight became a political irrelevancy 2016 is heating up. Indiana's anti-gay law dominates the headlines. And nobody is paying attention to poor ol' Rick As Americans brace themselves for Rand Paul’s...
Apr 8, 2015 | Conservativism, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Libertarianism, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans
Published: MSNBC (April 8, 2015) Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul doesn’t need to win the presidency to revolutionize the Republican Party. He just needs to get nominated. More than fifty years have passed since the GOP chose a non-establishment candidate to lead its national...
Mar 26, 2015 | Conservativism, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans, Salon.com, Scandals
Published: Daily Dot (March 26, 2015), Salon (March 28, 2015) Despite what he wants you to think, Ted Cruz is not the great anti-politician of our time. In fact, he may be our most potent symbol of everything that is wrong with modern politics. This would be hard to...
Mar 24, 2015 | Conservativism, Conspiracy Theories, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Extremism, Other Media, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans, Salon.com
Published: Daily Dot (March 24, 2015), Salon (March 26, 2015), Interview with CBC - Edmonton (March 26, 2015) It’s the hypocrisy, stupid. Much mirth has already been derived from Ted Cruz’s announcement that he is running for president in 2016; Twitter users were...
Mar 9, 2015 | Democrats, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Gender and Sexism, Political Parties, Scandals
Published: Daily Dot (March 9, 2015) Whether or not Hillary Clinton becomes America’s first female president on January 20, 2017, one thing is certain: If the American electorate denies her the privilege of shattering the nation’s highest glass ceiling, it won’t be...
Dec 7, 2014 | Conservativism, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), History, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans
Published: MSNBC (December 7, 2014) While he remains cryptic about his ultimate intentions, Jeb Bush has let America know that if he runs for president in 2016, he will do so by promising an administration that is “much more uplifting, much more positive, much more...