By Joe Badalamenti On Tuesday February 11th, presidential candidate Andrew Yang announced that he would suspend his presidential campaign. Despite a loyal base of #YangGang supporters, Yang’s campaign was ultimately finished by low poll numbers and a lack of votes in the early Democratic primaries. So how did a candidate with such a loyal base of supporters fail to perform come election time? Well, the reality of this situation is that the perception of Yang’s…
Friends to Foes
By Kevin Vorrath As the field of Democratic candidates has continued to dwindle in the days leading up to the Iowa Caucus on February 3, it appears two former allies in the race have turned on each other. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), the two most progressive candidates running for the Democratic nomination, have largely avoided attacking each other throughout the campaign season. It’s been widely reported that the two have…
Changes for Democrats, Concerns for Republicans
By Matthew Rosen Last edition I commented on the current state of the Culture Wars, so this week I decided to shift over to the Political War. The reason for this is that the last two weeks contained two major revelations that could change the state of both major parties. First of all, Bernie was crowned King of Democrats: The story of King Bernie began way back in 2012 when President Obama drained all…
They Need to Look at Issues Rationally
By Dan Milyavsky This year’s political roundtable featuring the College Republicans, Democrats and Libertarians was a rather calm affair. Voices were kept at reasonable volumes and passions were kept in check. As is the norm in political debates, nobody convinced anybody of anything, but things were rather respectful. The same cannot be said for last year’s roundtable. Then, a particularly thin-skinned member of the College Democrats made the entire atmosphere more caustic and belligerent. You…