And Bernie still has no path to the nomination. First, about Iowa. I see a lot of talk about how Bernie outperformed the polls. This is not true. He actually under performed. Opinion polls measure the overall likelihood of support from the statewide populace. However, in Iowa, that is not how the contest is measured….
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Clinton Wins Iowa! What’s Next?
I’m calling Iowa for Clinton today. Now that the first primary is in the bag, what is next for the Dem primary, Clinton, and her supporters?
Hillary Clinton tells Bernie Sanders backers: ‘When this nomination is wrapped up,’ join me
Among supporters of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, suspicions that the game is rigged against their candidate went into overdrive this past week — no thanks to the public endorsement of that theory from Sanders himself. On Tuesday in Iowa, Clinton’s comments directed toward Sanders supporters are not likely to change that perception. Asked by an…
TRP News – Progressive News & Information – September 14, 2015
TRP News with James Andre. This week – Kim Davis is back to work, Congress is back to work, and both are refusing to do their jobs. Dem primary features more of the same, migrant news, and an update on the situation in Gaza. 0:30 Kim Davis 6:14 Dem Primary 22:55 Congress 35:20 Migrants 46:39…
TRP News – Progressive News & Information – August 31, 2015 – The Rational Progressive
TRP News with James Andre. This week – The Democratic primary, The DNC summer meeting and that DNC Iran resolution, Planned Parenthood and another government shutdown, The killing of Deputy Goforth and the racist response, an update on ISIL, and migrant news 0:27 Dem Primary 7:50 DNC Iran resolution 14:03 Government Shutdown 17:08 Deputy Goforth…
TRP News – Progressive News & Information – August 24, 2015 – The Rational Progressive
TRP News with James Andre. This week – can Sanders win the Democratic primary? Do Clinton’s emails really matter? What do you know about the Senate elections? Two states fail to draw legal voting district maps, migrants storm the Macedonian border, and the Koreas exchange artillery fire in the middle of a joint U.S. –…
TRP News – Progressive News & Information – August 17, 2015
TRP News with James Andre. This week – presidential hopefuls visit the Iowa state fair, Sanders distances himself from an apology and his African American outreach director, the Federal Reserve may be raising rates and progressives are pushing back, Warren and McCain want to bring back Glass-Steagall, several states cut off federal funds for Planned…
TRP News – Progressive News & Information – June 1, 2015
TRP News with James Andre. This week focus on Iowa and a new poll in the presidential primary race, Provisions of the Patriot Act expire including the NSA’s bulk data collection program, Iraq pushes back ISIS but loses 2,300 humvees, the migrant crises around the world escalates with the summer weather, and the migrant crises…
Iowa’s GOP Governor Blasts Romney Campaign On Wind Tax Credits: They Need To ‘Come Out Here To The Real World’
Now that Mitt Romney’s campaign has officially declared the candidate’s desire to kill tax credits for wind while maintaining tax credits for the mature oil and gas industries, Midwestern Republicans are not happy. Iowa Republican Representative Tom Latham said Romney’s decision “shows a lack of full understanding of how important the wind energy tax credit…
Obama calls Romney speech a cow pie of distortion
Speaking directly to Iowans, Obama used local lingo to slam Romney: “Governor Romney came to Des Moines last week and warned of a prairie fire of debt,” he said. “But he left out some facts. His speech was more like a cow pie of distortion.” Then he quipped, “I don’t know whose record he twisted…