In 2016, Bernie Sanders and his supporters believed Hillary would beat Trump right up until she didn’t. They bet the future of the country believing their continuing in the race promoting progressive ideas was a positive influence on the campaign, that attacking mainstream Democrats would strengthen the party, and sitting out the election on principle would not change the outcome.…
Jess Unruh, the Speaker of the California Assembly in 1960s, observed that “Money is the mother’s milk of politics”. That’s because democracy only works when people have the opportunity to hear who is running and what they stand for. That takes money and the money has to come from somewhere. That said, where and how the money reaches candidates is …