We hope Bernie Sanders is getting his jollies running for president. The Socialist senator has made one far-out proposal after another. The latest: In a recent CNBC interview Sanders endorsed a 90 percent marginal income tax rate.

The new progressive mantra is "greed is good," says a writer at hotair.com. Ed Morrissey pointed to Bill and Hillary Clinton as an example of the phrase made popular in the movie about Wall  Street villain Gordon Gekko. "The 'modest means' quality of the Clintons disappeared long ago," he said.

The Republican presidential candidate field has expanded with the inclusion of a man described by one political observer as "older than Hillary, hasn't held office in nearly 10 years, hails from a famously Democratic state, is wildly out of tune with the base on core issues" and is "more liberal, less charismatic, much less relevant than Chris Christie." Nevertheless, former New York Gov. George Pataki must feel he has a chance.