Former Governor Lincoln Chafee’s presidential run ended as oddly as it began. While Chafee started his campaign by calling for a conversion to the metric system, he withdrew from the race by making a plea for peace. However, he did so by making reference to the ancient Greek play, Lysistrata. […]
“I have concluded it has closed,” said Vice President Biden. The Vice President announced today that he would not run for President in 2016, feeling that he had waiting too long and that the window of opportunity had passed. The White House hastily threw together a press conference around noon […]
Tuesday’s Democratic debate on CNN surpassed ratings expectations as Nielsen announced that 15.8 million Americans tuned in to watch the five presidential candidates. Many analysts had been expecting roughly 10 million viewers. This is the highest-rated Democratic debate, breaking the previous record of 10.69 million on ABC in January of […]
For forty years, Saturday Night Live has mined comedy out of the political scene. Elections have especially been gold mines for the landmark late night show. On yesterday’s season premiere, the show had four different news sketches, with three focused on the election. This is in addition to the news-focused […]
CNN has announced that five Democratic candidates have qualified for the first debate on October 13. Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Martin O’Malley, Jim Webb, and Lincoln Chafee have all been invited to the debate. Lawrence Lessig, who recently announced his campaign finance-focused run, was not invited. Lessig has not been […]
