Phairness Doctrine

Ever since the Democratic primary race has been decided, all we’ve heard is: “What will Hillary Clinton do to appease Bernie Sanders voters?” “What will the DNC give Sanders to keep him happy?” “What will it take to woo those Bernie-or-Bust voters?” “How will Hillary keep Sanders supporters enthused?” The time for these questions to be the central point of her campaign is now over.   With her pick of Tim Kaine as her Vice Presidential running mate, Hillary Clinton has begun her fight against Donald Trump and the Republicans. No more reaching out to Bernie Sanders (though she’s done plenty of that already). No more running every decision through the “What Would Bernie Do?” filter.  When have we ever seen, or expected, a presidential candidate for either party to make so many concessions to the second place finisher? Why is her every decision framed in how Bernie’s supporters will be affected? At what point will we allow Hillary to run the campaign she w...

We’re hearing a lot of complaining from Bernie backers who were registered as independents in NY about their inability to vote in the Democratic primaries. My issue with all this complaining is two-fold.   One, how many of these NY independents who are now backing Bernie would EVER have voted for ANY republican? If Bernie's message is one that resonates with them, then in what universe would they be on the fence between voting republican or democratic? If you created a Venn diagram, the Bernie universe doesn't overlap with the republican universe in any way.   Which leads me to my second issue... I have to wonder why these people, knowing full well that registering as an independent in NY means they can't vote in the democratic primary, would choose to register as an independent? If they truly wanted to influence the democratic primar y , they should have registered as a Democrat in the first place . I get the philosophical motivation behind registering as an ...