“A new political era. rise of Bernie Sanders"-PLUS: Trump & Cruz & Rubio & Clinton & Bush & Bloomberg.

A TRULY NEW POLITICAL ERA ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE:

"How can we interpret the incredible success of the “socialist” candidate Bernie Sanders in the US primaries? The Vermont senator is now ahead of Hillary Clinton among Democratic-leaning voters below the age of 50, and it’s only thanks to the older generation that Clinton has managed to stay ahead in the polls. 

Because he is facing the Clinton machine, as well as the conservatism of mainstream media, Sanders might not win the race. But it has now been demonstrated that another Sanders – possibly younger and less white – could one day soon win the US presidential elections and change the face of the country. In many respects, we are witnessing the end of the politico-ideological cycle opened by the victory of Ronald Reagan at the 1980 elections."

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the guardian

Thomas Piketty on the rise of Bernie Sanders: the US enters a new political era

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THERE'S A NEW POLITICAL ERA ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE 

BUT IT'S FUBAR

"In 2003, Mr. Koch convened about a dozen like-minded conservatives in Chicago with the goal of becoming more overtly political. Those efforts took hold early in Barack Obama’s presidency amid voter unease with the bank bailout signed by President George W. Bush and with the passage of the Affordable Care Act. Groups financed by the Kochs and their alliance spent more than $400 million in 2012…In that year’s presidential election, Americans for Prosperity and two other Koch-financed groups spent a total of more than $50 million on television ads. 

The “lack of substance and civility” about which Charles complains began in earnest with the rise of the Tea Party between 2009 and 2010. To the extent that the Tea Party is a centralized movement, it is so because it has been mobilized by the groups Americans for Prosperity and Freedom Works, both of which are Koch-financed. As it happens, these groups were formerly a single organization, called Citizens for a Sound Economy, which was founded in 1984 by, you guessed it, the Koch Brothers. 

The Tea Party, from the very beginning, was designed for disruption, and it was a pet project of the Koch brothers (they actually created the first national website for the movement). Charles Koch says he’s interested only in advancing “free-market, small-government ideals,” but what he’s done is manufacture a faux-populist movement that has whipped the conservative base into an anti-government frenzy."

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SALON

Charles Koch’s Frankenstein problem: He created the Tea Party monster — and now he’s horrified with the results

SEAN ILLING

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the guardian

The 'good billionaire': Silicon Valley roots for Bloomberg for president

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Huffington Post

Donald Trump Threatens Independent Run ... Again

The GOP front-runner called out the Republican Party for what he complains has been unfair treatment.

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SO 

In November maybe:

Sanders vs. Trump

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Clinton vs. Trump

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Sanders vs Rubio vs Trump vs Bloomberg

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Clinton vs Rubio vs Trump vs Bloomberg

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Sanders vs Cruz vs Trump vs Bloomberg

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Clinton vs Cruz vs Trump vs. Bloomberg

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Sanders vs Bush vs Trump v. Bloomberg

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Clinton vs Bush vs Trump vs Bloomberg