democratic presidential primary
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Bernie Sanders' Path to Victory Looks Mighty Slim
DETROIT—Bernie got his ass kicked and it’s not looking any better moving forward. There really is no better way to slice or dice. it. Super Tuesday II was supposed to be the day Sanders closed his delegate gap with Joe Biden, but it only widened—in the former VP’s favor. Outside of winning North Dakota, Sanders…
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Evil Billionaire Mike Bloomberg Drops Out of Presidential Race, Endorses Biden After Blowing Half a Billion
It must be nice to be so wealthy that you can ignore people whose job it is to tell you that you don’t have a roasted marshmallows chance in Omarion’s heart of coming anywhere close to winning the Democratic nomination, and you forge on ahead anyway. After blowing half a billion dollars on what might…
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Beto, His Campaign Pockets Light and His Poll Numbers Low, Bows Out of His Run for the Oval Office
Former Texas congressman Beto O’Rourke on Friday took himself out of the running for the Democratic presidential nomination, bowing to low campaign coffers and even lower poll numbers. The once-darling of the Democratic Party, who won acclaim last year when he came within mere points of beating Republican Sen. Ted Cruz in historically red Texas,…
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Clean Water Is a 'Right': Kamala Harris Promotes Bill Ensuring Water Safety in Every Community
Presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris is proposing a law to safeguard access to clean water for everyone, including minority communities like those in Flint, Mich., most at-risk for being without. “Every American has the right to clean water, period,” the California Democrat said in announcing the Water Justice Act, the Hill reports. “We must take…
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Money Moves: Elizabeth Warren Touts Plan to Increase Pay for Black and Brown Women
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Elizabeth “I have a plan for that” Warren pledged Friday to help close the pay gap suffered by women of color, especially by women who are black or brown. On the heels of a planned appearance at the Essence Festival, one of the largest gatherings of black women in the country,…
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Kamala Harris Now Tied for 3rd With Elizabeth Warren in Polls Behind Two Old White Men
The battle for third place among Democratic presidential candidates is heating up after a stellar showing during the debates. California Sen. Kamala Harris is now tied for third with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) behind former Vice President Joe Biden and America’s favorite H&R Block tax consultant, Bernie Sanders. After the debates, in which Harris handed…
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Biden Defends Record on Race Before a Black Audience at Rainbow-PUSH Convention
A day after getting spanked on the issue of race during the second night of the Democrats’ presidential primary debate, former Vice President Joe Biden defended his civil rights record Friday before an African-American organization, at the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow-PUSH Coalition convention. Friday’s appearance was Biden’s first after he took a beating on the…
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Kamala Harris Goes for Joe Biden’s Jugular on Issue of Race During 2nd Night of Democratic Debates
U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) came for Vice President Joe Biden’s neck Thursday night over his lack of support for federally ordered busing to help desegregate the nation’s schools as 10 more Democrats took the stage to make their case for why they should be the next president. Harris and Biden’s exchange took place during…
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In First Debate, Democrats Say They’re All for Change, but Argue Over How Far to Go and at What Cost
In the Democrats’ first presidential primary debate Wednesday night, the candidates each hit on the need for change, but showed differences about how they would achieve such change and on how far such change should go. U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, asked whether her economic policies — i.e., free college, free child care, cancellation…
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For Many Black Voters, Beating ‘The Donald’ in 2020 Trumps Race, Gender or More Progressive Concerns
When it comes to looking ahead to the 2020 presidential election, many black voters aren’t focused on race, gender or who can out-progessive who. They’re focused on ousting Donald Trump from the White House. That’s according to the Los Angeles Times, which notes that while the more progressive nature and strong black base of the…