This is part 4 of my series discussing the progressive electoral failure of the Democratic Party over the last six years. There’s other stuff I’d like to talk about, so I think I’ll wrap this discussion up (for the time being) in today’s column. I’ve said before in this space that the most defining characteristic […]
Matt Talbot: Yet more about the 2016 election
In this series, I’m attempting to analyze the source of the decline of the Democratic Party — and not just Hillary Clinton’s defeat last month, but the broader and more comprehensive decline experienced by the Democratic Party that began in 2010 and that has gotten steadily worse since then – and lay out a roadmap […]
Matt Talbot: More thoughts on the 2016 election
In last week’s column, I said that the Democratic Party has been losing elections because it is not doing enough for working class voters: “Notice I didn’t say, white working class. I said working class, period – of every ethnicity. Let me define what I mean by working class: ‘people living the usual situation of […]
Matt Talbot: Some thoughts on the 2016 election
Before I get to this week’s column, dear readers, I’d like to apologize for my absence the last few weeks. I had several urgent life events that needed my full attention (John Lennon once famously quipped that “life is what happens while you’re making your plans”), but I am now back and ready for further […]
Solano College students interpret yearlong campaign in election-themed art show
America’s presidential election might be over, but that does not mean it is too early to start looking back on the wild ride throughout 2016 and much of 2015. One might think that with all the commentary and late-night comedy shows, there are no more creative ways to describe one of the more divisive elections […]
Dennis Lund: Preparing for the upcoming election fight; Theft Prevention 101
Politics has never been a game for the lighthearted or thin-skinned. It can be, and always will be a matter of not what one can do, but what one can get away with. Today standards of integrity have been carried to the lowest levels by the Democratic nominee. Hillary, along with her husband, represent one […]
Bruce Robinson: It takes a village to make lives matter
It should have surprised no one when, on Aug. 19, Donald Trump announced his outreach to African-American voters. He did it by tapping into the same “village” spirit that made America great in the first place. First, he reminded African-Americans they have been consistently and deliberately ignored by the Democratic Party for more than 50 […]
Bernie Sanders rally draws compact, mellow crowd in Vallejo
Democratic presidential contender Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont touched down in Vallejo Wednesday, after rallying supporters in nearby San Jose earlier in the day. The Vallejo event’s official start time was 7 p.m., with gates opening at 4. Early comers were treated to a variety of musical and other vocal opening acts as well as […]