Amy democratic president ial candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton face off in the first democratic debate since sanders decisive victory over clinton in tuesdays New Hampshire primary. We will play highlights and get response from new york congressman Gregory Meeks, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Political Action committee, which has just endorsed Hillary Clinton, and Jeffrey Sachs, leading economist and director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. His recent article for Huffington Post is headlined hillary is the candidate of the , war machine. Then we continue our conversation with acclaimed writer Tanehisi Coates, who made headlines around the worlds week when he said on democracy now that despite his criticism, he would be voting for Bernie Sanders. If i could have anything, and this is across the board for any president ial candidate, i would have a greater acknowledgment of history in our policy. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy
He was the recipient of the largest number of wall street donations of anybody running on the democratic side ever. Now, when it mattered, he stood up and took on wall street. Amy democratic president ial candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton face off in the first democratic debate since sanders decisive victory over clinton in tuesdays New Hampshire primary. We will play highlights and get response from new york congressman Gregory Meeks, chair of the Congressional Black Caucusolitical action committee, which has just endorsed Hillary Clinton, and Jeffrey Sachs, leading economist and director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. His recent article for Huffington Post is headlined hillary is the candidate of the , war machine. Then we continue our conversation with acclaimed writer Tanehisi Coates, who made headlines around the worlds week when he said on democracy now that despite his criticism, he would be voting for Bernie Sanders. If i could have anything, and thi
The clerk pthe house will be in order. Mr. Doorkeeper. The doorkeeper mr. Clerk the speakerelect, Newt Gingrich representative from georgia and the escort committee. Its a whole new world. Mr. Gephardt ladies and gentlemen of the house, i first want to thank my democratic colleagues for their support and their confidence. I noted we were a little short. But i appreciate your friendship and your support. As you might imagine this is not a moment that i had been waiting for. When you carry the mantel of progress, there is precious little glory in defeat. But sometimes we spend so much time talking about the winners and the losers, we lose sight of the victory we all share in this crown jewel of democracy. You see, mr. Speaker, this is a day to celebrate a power that belongs not to any Political Party but to the people no matter the margin, no matter the majority. All across the world from bosnia to south africa, people lay down their lives for the kind of voice we take for granted. Too o
The other party, you could do an amazing job there now, much better than you ever could before. But there are other things that are at play as well. For example, population sorting. Theres a wonderful book that some of you might want to read by a guy named bill bishop called the big sort. And he basically talks about how people, in a sense, they kind of vote with their feet in that people tend to move and concentrate with people like themselves. People are more comfortable when theyre with likeminded people, and that this is becoming more and more and more so. And that when you look at, say, democratic districts or look at, look geographically across the country, what are the districts the democrats tend to represent . They tend to be large urban areas and close in suburbs and college towns. And then you say, okay, where do republicans live . Small town, Rural America and in the more outer reaches which are the faster growing of the suburbs. But thats a clear population pattern or poli
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