"If these trends continue, the upcoming election won’t be a repeat of 2016, when Hillary Clinton’s campaign had $773 million behind it compared to Trump’s $449 million. Instead, the Republican incumbent is approaching 2020 with a massive cash advantage," writes Karl Evers-Hillstrom, Center For Responsive Politics (Oct. 23rd, 2019)
"I keep hearing that the Democratic primary is coming down to someone who’s “electable” versus someone who has 'ideas.' This is pure nonsense. Beating Donald Trump requires getting out the vote. And in order to get people to turn out and vote, a presidential candidate has to be inspiring," writes Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor (Clinton administration), University of California (Oct. 16th, 2019)
"The Trump administration decision to allow Turkey to have a free ride in Rojava, North-East Syria opens the door for new disasters for all, especially the civilians on the ground. More, it confirms the decline of US power in the Middle East and globally," write Vassilis K. Fouskas and Bulent Gokay, University of East London and Keele University (Oct. 16th, 2019)
"Obama doesn’t like conflict. He has a smooth manner and an agreeable manner and a decent disposition. I think if you tell young people to look at Obama as an ideal of a president – you know, he looks like a president. He’s an admirable sort of model. But his temperament was really better for a president in peaceful times, when there was comity between the parties," says David Bromwich, Yale University (Oct. 16th, 2019)
"That leaves outcome number four, easily the most probable: while the House will impeach, the Senate will decline to convict. Trump will therefore stay right where he is, with the matter of his fitness for office effectively deferred to the November 2020 elections. Except as a source of sadomasochistic diversion, the entire agonizing experience will, therefore, prove to be a colossal waste of time and blather," writes Andrew J. Bacevich, Boston University, President of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft (Oct. 9th, 2019)
"But if Mr. Sanders has, until this week, largely avoided questions about his health — he has projected an image of fitness as a candidate and has maintained a blistering schedule on the campaign trail — the spotlight is now squarely on him," writes Anthony G. Picciano, City University of New York - CUNY (Oct. 9th, 2019)
"With pressure shooting from every direction, Pelosi found herself drowning in stupidity and arrogance. Justice took control of the Speaker’s mouth, synchronized it with reality, and on Sept. 24th, 2019, she announced a formal impeachment inquiry into the president," writes Aly Kamadia, Editor-In-Chief of iDose (Oct. 2nd, 2019)
"But after years of teaching on protests, uprisings and revolutions, it seems to me the U.S. is currently showing all the signs political scientists and historians would identify in retrospect as conducive to a revolutionary uprising," writes Serbulent Turan, University of British Columbia (Oct 2nd, 2019)
"The American Era had been buried. Donald Trump's presidency represented its eulogy. The questions that Americans faced were clear: what led to a premature death and could an American era be resurrected?" writes Aly Kamadia, Editor In Chief of iDose (Sept 18th, 2019)