Author: Justin Lane

Bernie Sanders announced this weekend that he plans to give a major speech to try and dispel some of the misconceptions people hold about him as a Democratic Socialist. He offered the information after a woman asked him how he would respond to Republican attacks. “I think we have some explaining and work to do, but I think at the end of the day you’re going to find more and more people agreeing,” said Sanders. Sanders told reporters that “a lot of people who when they hear the word ‘socialist,’ get very, very nervous.” “They may not know that...

Donald Trump has called into question President George W. Bush’s ability to protect the nation from the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Trump has made the claim that 9-11 probably wouldn’t have happened under his presidency. “I am extremely, extremely tough on illegal immigration,” said Donald Trump to Fox News. “I doubt that those people would’ve been in the country…” Trump has been undermining Jeb Bush’s comments that Jeb’s brother did a good job of protecting the United States. “I’m not blaming George Bush but I don’t want Jeb Bush to say, ‘My brother kept us safe,’ because Sept....

Now that the first Democratic debate has been conducted, CNN has released the results of its poll that show viewers felt Hillary Clinton had the best performance, but Bernie Sanders enjoyed the biggest change in support. As CNN reports: Clinton stands at 45% in the race for the Democratic nomination, with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders behind her at 29%. Vice President Joe Biden, who is considering a run for presidency and did not participate in last week’s debate follows at 18%. […] Compared with pre-debate polling, Sanders’ support is up five points since mid-September, but no other candidate showed significant...

Republican frontrunners Ben Carson and Donald Trump have threatened to boycott the next Republican debate if the host network, CNBC, doesn’t change the debate format to conform with their demands. Trump and Carson, in a joint letter to CNBC, said, “Neither Mr. Trump or Dr. Carson will participate in your debate if it is longer that 120 minutes including commercials and does not include opening and closing statements.” A CNBC spokesman, Brian Steel, told the Associated Press that the network would consider Trump and Carson’s demands. “Our practice in the past has been to forego opening statements to allow...