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Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton have agreed to participate in more democratic debates. As you might already know there has been a real lackluster of democratic debate compared to the GOP, part of that is the small amount of democratic candidates, but also in part to the "bias" of the party itself. There has been some speculation on why there are so little amount of democratic debates, along with the debates being scheduled on saturday nights. Many have said that the reason for this is for the democrats to keep the view on Hillary positive with minimum exposure. And to me... this is true, it is really obvious that the DNC is trying to keep Hillary with only positive exposure,  by having debates at a time where most people won't watch them they keep Hillary's exposure low so that they can make her look good.

Rand Paul had a strong showing in the 7th GOP debate last night. After not being on the big stage during the 6th debate, Rand was determined to do the best he could during this debate to make sure that people believe he is a serious contender. Rand was the crowd favorite last night, and from the constant cheers of the crowd Rand was certain that he belongs on the big stage. Rand was clear on his polices, and he answered questions directly. Rand was the clear surprise of the debate. It should also be noted that Donald Trump was not present in the debate. Overall Jeb Bush, Rand Paul, and Marco Rubio had exceptionally strong showings, where as Ted Cruz had a shocking low showing considering how good Ted has performed in previous debates. John Kasich just rambled on about Ohio.

Bernie Sanders Plan For America

After much anticipation Bernie Sanders has released his plan to pay for the programs that he proposed. His plan proves one thing... NOTHING is for free. His plan in short is HUGE tax hikes for the wealthy, HUGE tax hikes on corporations. But what is missing from this plan are tax hikes on everyday Americans. Now Mr. Sanders might say now that he will not need to raise taxes on everyday Americans, but he will have to. The cost of Mr. Sanders plan will be around the 12 trillion mark. Just taxing wall street, the rich, and large corporations will not help be able to generate enough money within the next ten years in order to pay for all the new programs such as free healthcare. Not to mention the 18 trillion dollar national debt we have today. In the end Mr. Sanders will have to include big tax hikes for the everyday American in order to pay for these things. Next we wait for Bernie's plan for foreign policy

The 6th GOP Debate

Tonight is the the 6th GOP debate, GOP stands for "Good o'le Party" which is known as the Republican party. There will be two debates, the first debate is known as the undercard or the "kids table". The kids table will include Carly Fiorina, Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum, and it should include Rand Paul but he has decided not to participate in the undercard because he believes that he deserves to be in the big boy debate. I believe that it is ridiculous that Jeb Bush gets to stay in the main debate but Rand Paul does not. I also do not understand why John Kasich is allowed
on the big stage anymore because of his poll

numbers. I think at this point it should only be Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and Rand Paul left in the running. It's time for the rest to give up on their campaigns and allow for those candidates to prosper. The issue I have with the GOP is their differences in these debates, in the democratic debate the candidates agree with each other on most things and are overall friendly to each other. The GOP debate is a civil war which makes it hard to watch. The GOP candidates need to be on the same page if they plan on getting issues taken care of.

How Do You Win the Presidential Election?

Contrary to popular belief winning the election isn't about winning votes in every state, no it all relies on the swing states. There are states that will just vote Republican and states that will just vote Democrat. States that will most likely vote republican no matter what are Texas and Alabama, states that till only vote Democrat are New York and California.

The states that really matter are the states that don't always vote Republican or Democrat, these states are known as Swing states. These states are where the real battle is done, all of the heavy campaigning is done in these states. Some swing states are Iowa, Colorado, the two big swing states are Florida and Ohio. These Swing States usually decide who will become the next president. Ohio being the hardest hit state for campaigning because of the importance of winning the Ohio vote. But sometimes this campaigning can get out of hand, there were reports of sometimes 22 minutes of camping ads within a 1 hour program.

So in the end the presidential election comes down to the few states whose votes are not always for one party, but other states are starting to become swing states during this process.