As someone who supported Bernie Sanders in the 2016 election and thought he would be a better candidate for president than Hillary Clinton, I had to face reality when he was resoundingly thumped in the Democratic primary. Sanders lost to Clinton fair and square, and I ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Jan 2, 2019
• Opinion

Texas congressman Beto O'Rourke is a rising star in the Democratic party and has gathered steam as a contender for the 2020 Democratic nomination. Perhaps threatened by his ascension, Bernie Sanders militants have relentlessly attacked him, claiming amongst other things that he ...read more

• By Jeremy Fassler
  Dec 28, 2018
• Opinion

Young Turks journalist David Sirota is known for stirring division within the Democratic Party. Throughout 2015 and 2016, he dedicated most of his reporting to attacking Hillary Clinton while showering Bernie Sanders with praise, despite receiving criticism for failing to ...read more

• By Jeremy Fassler
  Dec 6, 2018

This week, outgoing Congressman Beto O’Rourke said he would not rule out running for president in 2020. While a tantalizing prospect, should Beto run, he may be missing an opportunity to build something else far more powerful in the long run.... To continue reading this article, ...read more

• By Jeremy Fassler
  Nov 30, 2018

It is now official, the Democrats will take control of the House in the 2018 midterms, and the Republicans will hold the Senate. We reported earlier that Fox News had called the House it for the Democrats, but now MSNBC has officially called it too.  Just minutes ago, MSNBC also ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Nov 9, 2018

Texas, the second-biggest state in the nation, is a tantalizing brass ring for Democrats. It has not voted for a Democratic President since Jimmy Carter in 1976 and has not elected a Democrat to statewide office since 1994. Its heavy Latino population makes it one of five ...read more

• By Jeremy Fassler
  Nov 9, 2018

After Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation, I decided to channel my anger into activism, vowing that for every day from now until the election I would either canvas or phone bank for Democrats and if I couldn't do either of those things, I would just give $5.00 to a candidate I like. ...read more

• By Jeremy Fassler
  Nov 15, 2018

The Donald Trump/Ted Cruz rally we saw on Monday night in Houston would have been inconceivable two years ago. But it happened, and so did the apex of Ted Cruz’s agonizingly long public humiliation. At the 2016 Republican National Convention, Cruz took a gamble. Like Mitt ...read more

• By Michael Luciano
  Nov 9, 2018

Yesterday, NBC News ran a story that threatened to send fervent election-watchers into a downward spiral. Using data provided by TargetSmart, reporter Adam Edelman and the NBC News Data Analytics Lab said that Republicans were outpacing Democrats in early voting, which is now ...read more

• By Jeremy Fassler
  Nov 9, 2018

Beto O'Rourke has turned out to be one of the most inspiring political candidates in 2018. The fresh faced Texan is dynamic, charismatic, and giving incumbent Senator Ted Cruz all he can handle in Texas. His ability to compete the deep red state is a testament to his ability to ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Nov 9, 2018

Lost in last week's roar of Kavanaugh news was a warning sign of the blue wave coming to annihilate Republicans a little over a month from now: The Texas voter rolls have grown to 15.6 million people, a new record, and a jump of 1.6 million since the last time Texas held a ...read more

• By Justin Rosario
  Nov 9, 2018

There are only three areas of bipartisan consensus in America anymore: the sun is hot, water is wet, and Ted Cruz is a terrible person. Democrats have hated him since he was elected Senator in 2012, and Republicans haven't been much nicer - as Lindsey Graham said, "if you killed ...read more

• By Jeremy Fassler
  Nov 9, 2018