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Hillary Clinton “proposed a 4 percent surtax on the highest-earning Americans, as she seeks to boost taxes for the wealthiest Americans,” Politico reports. “The proposal, which she announced in Iowa, would raise an estimated $150 billion over a decade, a Clinton aide said, and comes after the Democratic front-runner said that she would build on the so-called Buffett Rule that seeks to ensure that the middle class doesn’t pay a higher tax rate than top earners.” Hillary Clinton is responded to some new closer than she likes poll numbers, and is moving left. That is why, while I will not vote for Bernie, I like him in the race.

While I may not be a Bernie supporter, I am all about fair play. So if you are so inclined, and you want to help collect signatures so Bernie Sanders can get on the ballot in the Delaware, please read the following information. If you just want to sign a petition form so that he gets on the ballot, please contact de4bernie@gmail.com.

State Senator and Congressional candidate Bryan Townsend released his 2015 fundraising totals for last year, bringing in over $212,000 in the last three months of 2015. According to the campaign, Delawareans made up more than 63% of their donors and more than half of their donations were for $250 or less.

Dan Balz: “The more the Republican candidates have amped up their rhetoric, the more they have triggered a sharp response from the Democrats. Hillary Clinton, who said last fall that she is proud to think of Republicans as enemies, never seems happier on the campaign trail than when she is denouncing the other party as one captured by extremists.”