Working Life

In the wake of last night’s victory for Tea Party Republican Matt Bevin in the race for governor in Kentucky, this just came across my desk. Bi-Partisanship lives! From the Republican National Committee: “The entire Republican Party wants to extend its heartfelt praise and admiration for the leadership of Debbie Wasserman Schultz in her role […]

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Not breaking news per se, and the traditional media always gets the 411 late but, hey, at least it’s there: Bernie is dominating small donor support, which is better for politics and the country. The NYT stumbles on it (LOL): The success of the Boston area outfit, a nonprofit organization called ActBlue, can be seen […]

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Thirteen years ago today, Paul Wellstone died in a plane crash while he was campaigning for re-election. Each year, on this day, I write something about Paul as a small way to remember an astonishingly great Senator–besides Bernie Sanders, he’s the only politician in the last 30-40 years I’d walk over hot coals to help. […]

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I’ve been making this prediction for the past month, and the recent huge fundraising surge for Bernie in the 24 hours post debate and the recent election fundraising reports only buttress this guess: by the time of the New Hampshire primary, Bernie will out raise the status quo candidate and likely have more cash-on-hand, if […]

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This is great. The contrast: the elite of the party trying to control its powers and shut down discussion about issues versus a political revolution trying to energize the party and be open. The elite shuns people. The political revolution says: come sit with us. This is great. The contrast: the elite of the party […]

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Having gone 2-0 in the wild card games (including picking the ‘Stros over my team…which was a no-brainer given what a mediocre team the Yankees were if you looked below the surface), I should just be happy and call it a day…but, no, I have to embarrass myself so: Houston versus Royals: The ‘Stros are […]

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Highlighted in Bernie Sanders’ specific issues is this: Demanding that the wealthy and large corporations pay their fair share in taxes. As president, Sen. Sanders will stop corporations from shifting their profits and jobs overseas to avoid paying U.S. income taxes. He will create a progressive estate tax on the top 0.3 percent of Americans […]

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Ok, so, now the fight begins in earnest. A deal has been struck to ram the Trans Pacific Partnership down the throats of the people. Bernie stands against the deal. Uh, HRC…no position. Breaking now: The United States and 11 other Pacific Rim nations on Monday agreed to the largest regional trade accord in history, […]

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The Pope and Bernie Sanders share something: concern for the poor and a sharp critique of capitalism, as well as no fondness for the Wall Street class which funds virtually every other candidate, including the presumed front-runner. While others jostle for tickets to be in the picture with the Pope, Bernie’s hitting the streets with the very people he is campaigning to defend.

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Long day in New Hampshire Saturday (after 10-hour, 3-leg journey from Seattle…don’t ask…) so just getting around to this…I was at the New Hampshire state Democratic Party convention, and, then, later at an event at the Manchester Bernie headquarters where, among other things, Bernie received the endorsement of the local postal workers union.

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