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Tangled Up in Blue Guy (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
... Stone.) Economic Realities are Killing our Era of Fantasy Politics: “But for five billion a year,” Sanders insists, “we could provide basic primary health care for every American. That's how much it would cost, five billion.” As it is, though, Sanders has struggled to get any additional funding. He managed to get $250 million added to the program in last year’s Labor, Health and Human...
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D-Day (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
In 2006 we had a crop of Congressional challengers that was poised to win in tough districts and take back the House and Sente. It was a cautious list, at times a moderate list, and while there have been some excellent progressive lawmakers from that group (Steve Cohen, John Hall, Bernie Sanders and Sherrod Brown come to mind), overall it was a list full of more Democrats instead of better...
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Shining Light In Dark Corners (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Alternet.org By Matt Taibbi, RollingStone.com. The key factors in almost all of the Sanders letters are exploding gas and heating oil costs, reduced salaries and benefits, and sharply increased property taxes (a phenomenon I hear about all across the country at campaign trail stops, something that seems to me to be directly tied to the Bush tax cuts and the consequent reduced federal aid to...
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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
... voting record "is more to the left than the announced socialist in the United States Senate, Bernie Sanders." Blanket statements generally play havoc with the full truth - as did John McCain. In fact , checking VoteView, made up of actual political scientists, Sen. Obama is only 10th most liberal - behind, among others...Bernie Sanders. Oops. In Congressional Quarterly...
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The Blog (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Ed Morrissey writes that John McCain’s "statement, that Obama's voting record is ‘more to the left than the announced socialist in the United States Senate, Bernie Sanders of Vermont,’ is unfortunately not terribly accurate." Morrissey contends that McCain’s statement is inaccurate because National Journal 's Senate scorecard in 2007 only includes 99 votes while a more “comprehensive”...
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The Nation Blogs (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Sen. Bernie Sanders is relentlessly pushing transformative alternatives to oil dependence as usual.
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skippy the bush kangaroo (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
via politicky bitch , we read matt tabbi from rolling stone : economic realities are killing our era of fantasy politics : here's the thing: nobody needs me or bernie sanders to tell them that it sucks out there and that times are tougher economically in this country than perhaps they've been for quite a long time. we've all seen the stats -- median income has declined by almost $2,500...
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Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
So I guess the Official Republican Talking Points™ now include proclaiming that Barack Obama is a socialist who’s more liberal than Bernie Sanders. It looks like those Bush/Cheney guys McCain hired are starting to earn their money. Download | Play Download | Play (h/t Heather) CNN.com BLITZER: But Bernie Sanders says he’s a socialist. [...]
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Rhymes with Right (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
Well, not explicitly. However, John McCain does make a telling point here. His voting record
is more to the left than the announced socialist in the United States Senate, Bernie Sanders of Vermont. McCain is, however, not quite correct....
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Stop Me Before I Vote Again (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
So McCain is in trouble again -- this time for saying that Barack Obama is more Left than the only self-proclaimed "Socialist" in the Senate, Bernie Sanders (shown above in colorful native costume). This may say more about Sanders...
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The Caucus (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
... Senate in November.Currently, the Democrats have a 51 to 49 majority, counting two independents, Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut, who caucus with the Democrats.Democrats are viewed as favorites to capture several seats currently held by Republicans who are retiring, including seats in Virginia, New Mexico and Colorado. Races have also tightened in...
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Wake Up America (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
That is the question that John McCain was asked and he said he doesn't know but he points out that Obama's voting record is to the left of a self admitted socialist, who is the Independent Senator of Vermont, Bernie Sanders. In an interview after the event, The Kansas City Star asked him to clarify the remark. “His voting record … is more to the left than the announced socialist in the...
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taxmanblog (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
McCain on the question of "is Obama a socialist?" [McCain] also said Obama had the “most extreme” record in the Senate. Asked later if he thought Obama was an extremist, McCain said: “His voting record … is more to the left than the announced socialist in the United States Senate, Bernie Sanders of Vermont.” Does McCain think Obama is a socialist? “I don’t know. All I know is his voting...
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BTC News (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
John McCain said in a Thursday interview with the Kansas City Star that Barack Obama is politically to the left of Vermont’s socialist senator, Bernie Sanders. Presumably McCain was referring to the National Journal rankings, which named Obama the most liberal senator based upon his sporadic votes—he missed 35% of them—in 2007. Even the National [...]
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American Power (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Here's some of the best news indicating the presidential campaign's turned the corner : It turns out that John McCain, speaking at a campaign stop in Kansas City, called out Barack Obama as the most extreme member of the U.S. Senate, further to the left than socialist Bernie Sanders: The capacity crowd strained at times to hear McCain through the booming echo of the station’s north waiting...
