September 28, 2016 – 7:42 am
This seems to have utterly vexed AP writers Lauren Neerguaard and Emily Swanson AP-GfK poll: Voters more confident in Trump’s health The “stamina,” the “look”: A new poll suggests voters are buying in to Donald Trump’s insinuations about Hillary Clinton’s health. They’re ignoring the medical reports. Voters — especially men — have more confidence that […]
September 27, 2016 – 6:58 am
I’ll admit, I did not see the whole thing. I was switching back and forth between football and the rumble after the first 30 minutes. How’d it go? (Fox News) Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, in a fiery opening debate where seemingly nothing was off limits, clashed sharply Monday night as the Republican nominee worked […]
September 26, 2016 – 8:15 am
It’s finally here, the cage match of the century. Politico notes Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will debate for 90 minutes on Monday. But the winner likely will be determined in the first half-hour. That’s when Al Gore first sighed, Mitt Romney knocked President Obama on his heels, and Marco Rubio, earlier this year, glitched […]
September 24, 2016 – 1:57 pm
Anthropogenic climate change is an issue that continuously polls last or near last on lists of issues American citizens care about. Raw Story says questions on climate change aren’t sexy enough, so, they are ignored. Nope. Most people just don’t care in the face of real concerns. Which leads to Excitable Greg Sargent at the […]
September 21, 2016 – 9:09 am
This has to make a few people in the Hillary camp as nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs (Washington Examiner) The latest vote projection from elections guru Nate Silver has Republican Donald Trump just six electoral votes short of winning and one point away from equaling Hillary Clinton’s popular vote. […]
September 15, 2016 – 7:30 am
There are quite a few revelations from the email hack that hit Colin Powell, some ugly for Trump, some ugly for Hillary. Here’s an interesting one (Mediaite) In a leaked email, Democratic megadonor Jeffrey Leeds said that a Democratic senator had told him Hillary Clinton had difficulty even climbing a podium when they did a […]
September 3, 2016 – 7:08 am
There’s an old maxim, often attributed to Napoleon, “Never interfere with your enemy when he is making a mistake.†This seems to be Hillary Clinton’s approach post conventions. The only problem with this is that your opponent might get their stuff together (The Hill) Hillary Clinton is facing questions about her campaign strategy as Donald […]
August 30, 2016 – 6:54 am
He’s polling at a good zero percent with the black community (The Hill) Public Policy Polling released a preview of a new poll on “The Rachel Maddow Show†Monday night that showed Donald Trump’s favorability rating among African-American voters at 0 percent. New PPP poll released on @maddow right now —TRUMP FAV/UNFAV with African American […]
August 29, 2016 – 7:49 am
Many are starting to notice something I’ve dropped a few posts on recently, namely that Trump should forgo most of his typical talking points and focus on the economy. In this case, it is Rob Carver at the Fiscal Times At this point, Donald Trump has only the thinnest of reeds to cling to in […]
August 16, 2016 – 7:04 am
Of course, this all assumes that there will be any pivot or attempt to create an actual presidential campaign anytime prior to election day (NY Times) Advisers to Donald J. Trump keep reassuring Republicans that there is still plenty of time to rescue his candidacy — nearly three months to counter Hillary Clinton’s vast operation […]