Perhaps. If the most ambitious, uncompromising liberal activists could push the Democratic Party much further to the left, they almost certainly would. But therein lies the point:this hasn't happened. While the GOP's far-right base has dragged the Republican Party to an extreme unseen in moder...
where he has enjoyed a sizable lead in the polls. We'll give Trump this: He was bold trying to win a state where evangelicals and conservative Republicans usually dominate -- all in an effort to run the table in the first two contests. But there's a big danger for the candidate whose...
At first frustrated and alarmed, with one calling a program director to vent late one night, the liberal and conservative roommates eventually found more than a middle ground between their twin beds -- they became good friends. “They’re forced to consider the opinions of people who are n...
The Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron appeared to have won a surprise victory in the British election Friday after a night of disastrous results for the left-of-center Labour and Liberal Democratic parties. While the Conservatives remained 13 seats short of the House of Commons majority they...
In other words, as the CNN analysis explained, 54% of the country either supports Obamacare, or say it's not liberal enough. The same poll, by the way, also found that most Americans (53%) believe it's too soon to say whether the law is a success or a failure, and most Americans...
Ohio gerrymandering costs Congress a liberal Kucinich may have had beef, but he was missing the point.There was dirt on both sides, but Kaptur and Kucinich were forced to slop like pigs for the 9th district because, after the 2010 Census revealed a mass population exodus --over 17% of the...
's sometimes helpful to take note of who has been pushed from the GOP mainstream. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, for example, used to be considered a conservative Republican. But since he believes in using monetary policy to improve the economy, today's GOP considers him too liberal....
On "The Rachel Maddow Show" on MSNBC Thursday night,Warren endorsed Hillary Clintonfor president. On Garland, she said Republicans and conservative groups like the Judicial Crisis Network had criticized him for siding with agencies, which she described as, "He doesn’t bend the law to suit ...
Anti-Islamic leaders like Frank Gaffney, who has beenbarred from the conservative gathering CPACfor accusing its organizers of being part of a radical Islamic conspiracy, frequently argue that Muslims who are outwardly fine with liberal democracy are using “taqiyya” toconceal their true views. Car...
The court’s ruling likely won’t be announced until June, and where it will come down is anyone’s guess. The four conservative justices appear likely to vote to scrap Section 5—Justice Clarence Thomashas writtenthat it's unconstitutional—while their four liberal counterparts will likely uphol...