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Leaders in the late Soviet Union wilfully ignored the need for structural reform. The Democratic contender should take note Despite being frail and confused, he won the trust of an oligarchic party nomenklatura in a declining superpower by promising no structural reforms, no curbs on special interests and no changes to an interventionist, hegemonic and […] More
The former vice-president cemented his comeback while Flavor Flav was fired over a dispute that may or may not have been about Bernie Sanders The kaleidoscope of the Democratic race was shaken up again this week as Joe Biden cemented his remarkable comeback with a series of victories on Super Tuesday. But his leftwing rival […] More
Speaking from outside her home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Elizabeth Warren said on Thursday she had ‘no regrets’ as she announced that she was ending her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. Here’s a look back at some of the key moments from Warren’s campaign trail Continue reading… More
After surging to the front of the field last summer, the senator saw a series of lackluster finishes in the early contests Follow live updates on the 2020 US election Elizabeth Warren, the liberal Massachusetts senator whose sweeping economic plans shaped the Democratic policy debate, dropped out of the presidential race on Thursday after struggling […] More
The public’s appetite for a less vicious politics is clear. The leaders of political movements must rise to the occasion Anger is exhausting. There is only so long most people can sustain a state of permanent fury, let alone put up with it in others. It takes a lot of energy to remain at boiling […] More
There is little reason to assume ‘Joementum’ will die off soon – but gaffes have killed his earlier runs and could still kill this one too Super Tuesday was a powerful reminder that Twitter is not the real world. Of course, we knew this, or could have known this. Pew Research had shown several times […] More
No one can definitively say at this point who will be the Democratic presidential nominee this year Political prognostication is perilous. Less than a week ago, the conventional wisdom among American pundits and pollsters was that the democratic socialist Bernie Sanders was cruising toward the Democratic presidential nomination. Then came Super Tuesday. Joe Biden won […] More
The former vice-president staged a comeback as Democrats fear a repeat of the 2016 struggle between Sanders and Clinton Joe Biden has staged one of the greatest comebacks in modern political history to become the front runner of the Democratic presidential race after winning a majority of the crucial Super Tuesday primary elections. A week […] More
