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From The Reporter’s Notebook
The presidential campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) continues to evolve, says TPM’s Caitlin Cruz. On Oct. 26, the campaign finally hired a pollster, and this week Sanders began his first big media buy in the early voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire. The autobiographical ad, “Real Change,” is our first extended introduction to Sanders the presidential candidate, though he doesn’t speak to the camera. The media buy represents the next step for Sanders’ campaign, which has been largely a political anomaly (he calls it a “revolution”) by funding through small donors and grass roots.
BUZZING: Today in the Hive
From a TPM Prime member: “I am appalled that we are now sending our service people into the mideast again. I know that they are already there, but the escalation is frightening. The idea that special forces can stem some tide is ridiculous. It has never worked and never will. Special forces work only when they are softening a field for an invasion or specific battle. That was the reason for the development of the Navy Seals in WW II. All of our subsequent experience, Viet Nam, Somalia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, etc. has the lesson that the Special forces, including those of the CIA have not advanced our national interests. Hard to see how a man as smart as Obama has missed this. Oh well, let them find an MSF hospital to attack. They are good at that.”
Related: The Pentagon confirmed that U.S. Special Forces aided Iraqi troops in rescuing hostages from an Islamic State prison.
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What We’re Reading
The battle over what “true” barbecue really means in North Carolina. (The New Yorker)
Is this 3-foot long, phallic clam killing Puget Sound? (Modern Farmer)
Who are the millionaires bankrolling the 2016 presidential race? (LA Times)
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