US Senator Elissa Slotkin’s response to President Donald J. Trump’s speech to Congress was a breath of fresh air and good sense. A young senator with great experience, particularly in national security, Senator Slotkin exhibited a care for the truth, knowledge of her subjects, an effort to communicate across partisan lines, while conveying a sincere … Continue reading USA Senator Elissa Slotkin
Democratic Party
Time for an Open Democratic Party Convention
Time for an Open Democratic Convention for the World to See* On 21 July 2024, four months before the US Presidential election, President Biden did the statesman-like thing and withdrew his nomination for the 2024 election. The timing of his decision has left enough time to reconfigure the Democratic Party’s nomination, but also created issues … Continue reading Time for an Open Democratic Party Convention
Protest Anything, but Reform the US Primaries
The protests following the 2016 Presidential Election express the frustration of many with the outcome, and various decisions in the early weeks of the new administration. But I worry that the electorate might forget the central role that the broken primary systems played in the election. The primaries of both parties (all parties) failed to … Continue reading Protest Anything, but Reform the US Primaries
Democratizing Primary Elections in the USA
Will party primary reforms ever happen? In the heat of the contests between the candidates within the Republic and Democratic Party primaries, media commentators and political party officials have been unable to see the public's concerns over the processes in place within both parties. This is a real issue that is likely to come back … Continue reading Democratizing Primary Elections in the USA
Opportunities for CNN and Candidates in the First Democratic Party Debate
Five candidates are preparing for the CNN debate to be held in Las Vegas on 13 October 2015: Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, but also Martin O'Malley, Jim Webb and Lincoln Chafee. There are two likely outcomes. The first is an opportunity to actually debate the issues. The previous Fox and CNN debates failed to engage … Continue reading Opportunities for CNN and Candidates in the First Democratic Party Debate