Iowa is a caucus and very few people really understand it.  Larry King once said that he never really understood the Iowa caucus and it is as true now as it was when King said it.   The short story is that it is a process and not just an event.  Basically, it’s a ranking that goes…

It seems Will Rogers had it right. “I’m not a member of any organized political party,” he famously said. “I am a Democrat.” And he wasn’t even talking about Alabama. Where even the young Democrats are at each other’s throats. For good reason. Thursday night the executive board of the Alabama Young Democrats voted to…

Citizen opposition to the signing of the TPP will take place throughout the region, with joint mobilizations taking place in Peru and Argentina. Leaders and representatives from Chilean social movements will stage mass protests on Friday against the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, which they argue is being imposed through anti-democratic means and solely in favor of the…

I’ve talked with a lot of Democrats on the Hill and I get the same story: I’m supporting Hillary but I’d love to see Bernie win. Many of those Democrats fear that if they actually came out and endorsed Bernie it would hurt their career down the road.  The DSCC and DCCC have a lot…