I've never gone to a race track or bet on a horse. But I still can
understand the feelings of the fellow who put his paycheck on a long
shot, only to see his horse...and his paycheck, fading in the back
stretch.
If the Democrat Central Committee's horse...Hillary...comes in, as it
now appears she will, then I am out of the race totally.
Of course it was never "My" race to begin with. I chose to root for
Bernie because I can't see any other outsider party making a bit of
difference in the lives of the Working/Lower Classes. As it turns
out, even tame old Bernie is too, too radical for the Democrat Central
Committee. He is the Henry Wallace of the 21st Century.
So when the finish flag goes up, or whatever they do to signal the end
of a horse race, I'll wander off to the back roads and the tumble down
shanties, and look around for Jill Stein. Maybe I can buy her a cup
of coffee or a pot of green tea.
Carl Jarvis
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Clinton and Trump Edge Closer to Party Nominations, as Sanders Softens His
Confrontational Tone
By Steven Rosenfeld [1] / AlterNet [2]
April 26, 2016
Donald Trump moved closer to the Republican nomination on Tuesday as he
swept [3] five mid-Atlantic primaries, while Bernie Sanders slipped further
behind [3] Hillary Clinton-despite winning the smallest state, Rhode
Island,
and promising to keep campaigning to influence the Democratic Party's
agenda.
Sanders' top campaign aides said they would meet Wednesday to discuss [4]
their plans for the rest of the race-where they vowed to compete in all of
the states including California. But they began to telegraph they'd be
pleased if the Democratic Party embraced his core proposals such as making
public universities tuition free and paying for that with a Wall St.
trading
tax.
"We are going to continue to work to be the nominee of the party,"
strategist Tad Devine told NPR, saying they will still try to convince the
party that he is a better candidate against Trump-especially if he wins
California. But that posture was tempered by the reality that they began
Tuesday 240 pledged delegates behind Clinton and ended the day more than
[3]
300 delegates behind Clinton.
"Bernie has made it clear that it's very important that the next president
be a Democrat," Devine said. "Whatever happens in terms of the outcome of
this process, he's going to support the Democratic nominee for president."
Clinton, speaking in Philadelphia after winning Pennsylvania, which had
about half of Tuesday's Democratic delegates in play, as well as winning
Maryland and Delaware soon after polls closed, praised Sanders and his
supporters-more than suggesting she saw herself as the nominee. (In
Connecticut, the fifth state voting Tuesday, Clinton led slightly, meaning
they would split the delegates.)
"I applaud Sen. Sanders and his millions of supporters for challenging us
to
get unaccountable money out of our politics, and giving greater emphasis to
closing the gap of inequality-and I know together that we will get that
done," Clinton said. "Because whether you support Sen. Sanders or you
support me, there's much more that unites us than divides us."
"We all agree that wages are too low and inequality is too high, that Wall
Street can never again be allowed to threaten Main Street, and we should
expand Social Security-not cut or privatize it," she continued. "We
Democrats agree that college should be affordable to all, student debt
shouldn't hold anyone back."
Tough Night for Progressives
Down the ballot, a handful of progressives running for Congress also had
disappointing nights, led [5] by four-term Maryland Congresswoman Donna
Edwards' loss to Congressman Chris Van Hollen in a bid for that state's
U.S.
Senate nomination. Edwards was backed by many progressives who wanted her
to
be the nation's second African-American woman senator.
One silver lining for progressive primary candidates on Tuesday seemed to
be
Jamie Raskin, a Maryland state senator and constitutional law professor who
was leading in the Democratic primary for the House seat that Van Hollen
gave up to run for the Senate. Raskin was running against high-profile
candidate Christie Matthews, wife of longtime MSNBC host and Beltway
establishment figure Chris Matthews. The winners of Maryland's Democratic
primary are expected to be elected in November.
In Pennsylvania, Katie McGinty, an environmentalist-turned-regulator who
worked in Bill Clinton's White House, won [6] the Senate primary, putting a
strong Clinton ally in the position to challenge one of the most vulnerable
Republican incumbents, Sen. Pat Toomey. That race is seen as one of a
handful in 2016 where Democrats might retake a Senate majority.
Trump Sweep
But most of all, Tuesday's primaries belonged to Trump. He won handily in
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Delaware-getting more
than 60 percent in several states. The delegate math is more complex on the
GOP side than the Democratic side, but he ended the day with more than 925
delegates of the 1,237 needed for the nomination on the first vote at the
Republican National Convention.
"I consider myself the presumptive nominee," Trump said, replying to press
questions after a short speech from New York City. "You know the best way
to
beat the system is having things like this, where you get record-setting
votes, where you get record-setting delegates. I use the analogy of the
boxer. When the boxer knocks out the other boxer, you don't have to wait
around for a decision."
It also appeared after Tuesday that Ted Cruz cannot win enough delegates in
the remaining 10 states that have not yet voted to win the nomination on
the
first vote, according to media experts tracking delegate totals. Cruz's
team
said that should he win Indiana's primary next week that Trump will not
clear the 1,237 delegates needed for first ballot nomination, launching the
first contested national political convention in decades.
That strategy is the latest embraced by the GOP's stop-Trump faction. This
weekend, Cruz and John Kasich announced a deal to stay out of each other's
way in a few upcoming states-with Kasich staying out of Indiana and Cruz
staying out of Oregon-to thwart Trump. However, a day later Kasich made
statements casting doubt on that deal, and Oregon media reported that he
does not [7] even have a candidate statement in its state primary voter
guide.
Steven Rosenfeld covers national political issues for AlterNet, including
America's retirement crisis, democracy and voting rights, and campaigns and
elections. He is the author of "Count My Vote: A Citizen's Guide to Voting"
(AlterNet Books, 2008).
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Clinton and Trump Edge Closer to Party Nominations, as Sanders Softens His
Confrontational Tone
By Steven Rosenfeld [1] / AlterNet [2]
April 26, 2016
Donald Trump moved closer to the Republican nomination on Tuesday as he
swept [3] five mid-Atlantic primaries, while Bernie Sanders slipped further
behind [3] Hillary Clinton-despite winning the smallest state, Rhode
Island,
and promising to keep campaigning to influence the Democratic Party's
agenda.
Sanders' top campaign aides said they would meet Wednesday to discuss [4]
their plans for the rest of the race-where they vowed to compete in all of
the states including California. But they began to telegraph they'd be
pleased if the Democratic Party embraced his core proposals such as making
public universities tuition free and paying for that with a Wall St.
trading
tax.
"We are going to continue to work to be the nominee of the party,"
strategist Tad Devine told NPR, saying they will still try to convince the
party that he is a better candidate against Trump-especially if he wins
California. But that posture was tempered by the reality that they began
Tuesday 240 pledged delegates behind Clinton and ended the day more than
[3]
300 delegates behind Clinton.
"Bernie has made it clear that it's very important that the next president
be a Democrat," Devine said. "Whatever happens in terms of the outcome of
this process, he's going to support the Democratic nominee for president."
Clinton, speaking in Philadelphia after winning Pennsylvania, which had
about half of Tuesday's Democratic delegates in play, as well as winning
Maryland and Delaware soon after polls closed, praised Sanders and his
supporters-more than suggesting she saw herself as the nominee. (In
Connecticut, the fifth state voting Tuesday, Clinton led slightly, meaning
they would split the delegates.)
"I applaud Sen. Sanders and his millions of supporters for challenging us
to
get unaccountable money out of our politics, and giving greater emphasis to
closing the gap of inequality-and I know together that we will get that
done," Clinton said. "Because whether you support Sen. Sanders or you
support me, there's much more that unites us than divides us."
"We all agree that wages are too low and inequality is too high, that Wall
Street can never again be allowed to threaten Main Street, and we should
expand Social Security-not cut or privatize it," she continued. "We
Democrats agree that college should be affordable to all, student debt
shouldn't hold anyone back."
Tough Night for Progressives
Down the ballot, a handful of progressives running for Congress also had
disappointing nights, led [5] by four-term Maryland Congresswoman Donna
Edwards' loss to Congressman Chris Van Hollen in a bid for that state's
U.S.
Senate nomination. Edwards was backed by many progressives who wanted her
to
be the nation's second African-American woman senator.
One silver lining for progressive primary candidates on Tuesday seemed to
be
Jamie Raskin, a Maryland state senator and constitutional law professor who
was leading in the Democratic primary for the House seat that Van Hollen
gave up to run for the Senate. Raskin was running against high-profile
candidate Christie Matthews, wife of longtime MSNBC host and Beltway
establishment figure Chris Matthews. The winners of Maryland's Democratic
primary are expected to be elected in November.
In Pennsylvania, Katie McGinty, an environmentalist-turned-regulator who
worked in Bill Clinton's White House, won [6] the Senate primary, putting a
strong Clinton ally in the position to challenge one of the most vulnerable
Republican incumbents, Sen. Pat Toomey. That race is seen as one of a
handful in 2016 where Democrats might retake a Senate majority.
Trump Sweep
But most of all, Tuesday's primaries belonged to Trump. He won handily in
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Delaware-getting more
than 60 percent in several states. The delegate math is more complex on the
GOP side than the Democratic side, but he ended the day with more than 925
delegates of the 1,237 needed for the nomination on the first vote at the
Republican National Convention.
"I consider myself the presumptive nominee," Trump said, replying to press
questions after a short speech from New York City. "You know the best way
to
beat the system is having things like this, where you get record-setting
votes, where you get record-setting delegates. I use the analogy of the
boxer. When the boxer knocks out the other boxer, you don't have to wait
around for a decision."
It also appeared after Tuesday that Ted Cruz cannot win enough delegates in
the remaining 10 states that have not yet voted to win the nomination on
the
first vote, according to media experts tracking delegate totals. Cruz's
team
said that should he win Indiana's primary next week that Trump will not
clear the 1,237 delegates needed for first ballot nomination, launching the
first contested national political convention in decades.
That strategy is the latest embraced by the GOP's stop-Trump faction. This
weekend, Cruz and John Kasich announced a deal to stay out of each other's
way in a few upcoming states-with Kasich staying out of Indiana and Cruz
staying out of Oregon-to thwart Trump. However, a day later Kasich made
statements casting doubt on that deal, and Oregon media reported that he
does not [7] even have a candidate statement in its state primary voter
guide.
Steven Rosenfeld covers national political issues for AlterNet, including
America's retirement crisis, democracy and voting rights, and campaigns and
elections. He is the author of "Count My Vote: A Citizen's Guide to Voting"
(AlterNet Books, 2008).
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