The Canadian Rant

At this time two weeks ago, Bernie Sanders’ Democratic presidential nomination campaign was riding high after a virtual tie in Iowa, a massive victory over Clinton in New Hampshire, impressive showings at the Democratic debates and town halls, reigning in some key endorsements, and was starting to show strong signs of support in the next two contests in Nevada and South Carolina. A lot can change in two weeks, as we’ve seen, and Sanders’ campaign is definitely no longer enjoying the high it was on. A hotly contested but disappointing defeat in Nevada saw Sanders’ momentum start to disappear and had to turn to damage control headed towards a sure-fire defeat in South Carolina. Coming off the Democratic debate in Milwaukee on Feb. 11 th , Sanders momentum continued to build as he landed key endorsements from Vermont senator Harry Belafonte, Georgia state senator Vincent Fort, who had previously endorsed Clinton, and Robert Reich, Bill Clinton’s former secretary of labor. More...

Bernie Sanders has moved from a thorn in the side of Hillary Clinton’s campaign to a legitimate contender for the Democratic presidential nomination. Whether Sanders will be a legitimate contender to the Republicans is an entirely different argument. For now, as primary season is officially underway, I will focus on the Democratic campaign. The last two weeks have been jam-packed with the Iowa caucus on Feb. 1 st , a debate in New Hampshire on Feb. 4 th , the New Hampshire primary on Feb. 8 th , and another debate in Wisconsin on Feb. 11 th . And with all of these events Sanders has left his mark on this nomination race. Sanders started off the primary calendar strong with only the slimmest of defeats to Clinton in the Iowa caucus on Feb. 1 st . The results were 49.9% in favour of Clinton to 49.6% in favour of Sanders.   (Gearan, 2016) It doesn’t get much closer than that and for Sanders, who no more than a month ago was perceived by some to be an afterthought to Clinto...

The race for the Democratic presidential nomination has changed drastically over the last two weeks. From the Democratic debate on Jan. 17 th to the Iowa caucus on Feb. 1 st , the first real test of the campaign, the story of the race has changed from “Hillary Clinton vs. the GOP candidate field” to “Clinton vs. Sanders” as Bernie Sanders continues to emerge as an actual threat to Clinton for the Democratic nomination. The change in the race culminated from the Democratic debate in South Carolina on Jan. 17 th and for the past two weeks the nomination campaigns of Clinton and Sanders have begun to look a little bit like the Republican campaign. President Barack Obama, despite statements that he would remain neutral on the Democratic nomination race, indirectly entered the picture causing some damage to Bernie Sanders’ campaign efforts. In an interview with Politico’s Glenn Thrush, Obama implied that Clinton would be the best successor to him and would have the best chance agains...

Is Hillary Clinton’s campaign looking for a repeat performance of 2008? Bernie Sanders supporters sure hope so. Over the past two weeks we have seen the race for the Democratic presidential nomination heat up considerably between frontrunners Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. Clinton has been running comfortable leads in many polls across the board throughout 2015 but as the year came to an end the race tightened significantly heading into the Iowa caucus on Feb. 1 st and New Hampshire primary on Feb. 9 th . Bernie Sanders’ campaign seems to be peaking at the right moment, leading into the early votes that could do to Clinton’s campaign what now President Barack Obama’s campaign did to her back in 2008. Sanders appears to be in good shape in the polls, with key endorsements, campaign funding, and in dealing with Clinton’s attack on his record. The New York Times released results of a poll by the New York Times and CBS News that shows that on a national level, the lead that Clin...