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...