If you asked me after the first Republican debate in August whether I thought Donald Trump or Bernie Sanders stood a chance at being nominated for the 2016 presidential elections, I would have laughed. Not out of amusement, but because of how the American political system works. Outsiders never make it in, revolutionaries are bought out, and the establishment […]
Democratic Party
An unorthodox endorsement of Hillary Clinton
Bernie Sanders is the educated version of his lesser leftist twin that the UK has been laden with. He is a very impressive man. In the 1960s he was an active campaigner for civil rights and, since then, he has gone on to prove himself across different public positions, from the Mayor of Burlington to a Senator […]
Is America Berning?
A few months ago I wrote an article stating that Hillary Clinton would lose the Democratic primary race and that Bernie Sanders would emerge the nominee. Since that time, unfortunately for me, there had been no new piece of evidence to support that theory: the polls were static, the debates proved a damp squib, and […]
Why Bernie Sanders will beat Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination
Everyone knows that Hilary Clinton will be the next Democratic nominee, don’t they? Barrack Obama was just an exception, right? No one could possibly repeat his success in 2008, could they? Welcome to the fray Bernie Sanders. Even people who follow American politics would be forgiven if they hadn’t heard of the 74 year-old Vermont […]