Tag Archives: Democratic Party

NBC News: YouTube Democratic Debate

Source:The New Democrat If you’re familiar with what I wrote about Hillary versus Bernie on Friday, you should know where I’m coming from here. Hillary, wants to be the pragmatic Progressive in this race who knows how to get things … Continue reading

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Jonathan Turley: Hardball With Chris Matthews- ‘Hillary Clinton Doesn’t Answer The Difference Between a Socialist & Progressive’

Source:MSNBC-Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary R. Clinton, on Hardball With Chris Matthews in 2016. “There was a curious moment recently in an interview with Hillary Clinton that might interest our political science and philosophy majors. Chris … Continue reading

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The New York Times: President Obama’s 2016 State of The Union Speech

Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat: The New York Times: President Obama’s 2016 State of The Union Speech I believe President Obama, gave one of his best speeches tonight. Because it wasn’t a laundry list of … Continue reading

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BookTV: Lesley Stahl Interviewing Gil Troy- The Age of Clinton: America in the 1990s

Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat: BookTV: Lesley Stahl Interviewing Gil Troy- The Age of Clinton: America in the 1990s I guess I generally agree with Gil Troy about Bill Clinton, but perhaps I would put … Continue reading

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Forward With Roosevelt: Paul M. Sparrow: ‘FDR’s Four Freedom’s Speech Remastered’

Source:FDR Library– with a look at President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms speech. “There is only one speech in American history that inspired a multitude of books and films, the establishment of its own park, a series of paintings by … Continue reading

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PBS: ‘Summer of Judgment: The Watergate Hearings’

Source:PBS– The Summer of Judgement (1983) Source:The New Democrat  “Produced by WETA, Washington DC, and aired on PBS in 1983, the second of the Summer of Judgment series reflects on the events surrounding the Watergate Affair during the summer of … Continue reading

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Crash Course: Craig Benzine: ‘The Bicameral Congress: Crash Course Government & Politics’

Source:Crash Course– with a look at the United States Congress. Source:The New Democrat “In which Craig Benzine teaches you about the United States Congress, and why it’s bicameral, and what bicameral means. Craig tells you what the Senate and House … Continue reading

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The Nation: Suzanna Danita-Walters: Why This Socialist Feminist Is for Hillary

Source: The New Democrat What I get from this piece from The Nation is that self-described Socialist Feminist Suzanna Danuta-Walters, who said she’s to the left of Democratic Socialist Bernie Sanders, is voting for as she put it centrist Hillary … Continue reading

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The Nation: John Nichols: President Obama Is Right- This Unauthorized War Needs to Be Debated by Congress

Source:The New Democrat I believe the only impressive point that President Obama made in his ISIS speech on Sunday night, was saying that Congress should be debating this war and passing an authorization for it. If the House and Senate … Continue reading

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Salon: Walker Bragman: ‘More Like Ronald Reagan Than FDR: I’m a Millennial & I’ll Never Vote For Hillary Clinton’

Source:The New Democrat You know to say that Hillary Clinton is more like Ronald Reagan than Franklin Roosevelt, I’m not sure if Democrats who will mostly likely overwhelmingly nominate Hillary Clinton for president, should be insulted by that, or take … Continue reading

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