Opinion: Grief and Hope in the Aftermath of a Campaign
By Emily Dalgleish, Opinions Editor The end of Warren’s campaign marks the fifth losing campaign that I have worked on. Four of those campaigns were women getting beat by white men. You might think that defeat gets less soul-crushing after a few times, but I haven’t found that to be true. There is a unique type of grief that comes in the aftermath of a campaign. The loss feels personal: it feels as if the country rejected the values,...
Opinion: The Perils of Purchasing the Presidency
By Emily Dalgleish, Opinions Editor This past week, 17 million people watched Elizabeth Warren eviscerate Michael Bloomberg in the Nevada Democratic debate. Though Bloomberg’s debate performance was abysmal, the 17 million that saw him flounder on stage pale in comparison to the millions who are bombarded with his daily TV and online advertising. Google and Facebook have served over 2 billion Bloomberg ads so far this year, and his...
