August 15, 2016 – 7:45 am
We’re less than 90 days out from the general election featuring two horrible, terrible, loathed candidates. Donald Trump is doing his darned best to, if not implode, make sure that the tent of support not only doesn’t expand, but shrinks. The Hill’s Niall Stanage offers up 5 things that could trip her up Hillary Clinton […]
August 14, 2016 – 8:03 am
Can you guess who Trump says he’s running against in this election cycle? Since the headline already says it is not Hillary, you probably guessed “Republicans,”, which sure seems the case since he and his followers spend a lot of time going after Republican voters and elected officials. Nope (The Hill) Donald Trump said Saturday […]
August 13, 2016 – 7:51 am
It’s a valid question. Trump is said to be running a “different type of campaign.” It sure seems so https://twitter.com/_Drew_McCoy_/status/763776555835207680 And barely any campaign offices. Heck, Clinton has pulled ads in Colorado, since it is almost a slam dunk at this point in the state (Huffington Post) If you’re watching the Olympic games, you may […]
August 4, 2016 – 8:01 am
From the “For the love of all that’s Holy, just stop ad-libbing and stay on message” files (The Hill) Donald Trump argued Wednesday that his immigration policies could have prevented the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks by keeping the hijackers from entering America in the first place. The GOP presidential nominee brought up the issue […]
August 1, 2016 – 8:13 am
You know, like it burst forth in 2012, and 2008, and 2000. Even though almost no one is talking about it except those few who push the subject and those who push back against it. Climate Change Divide Bursts to Forefront in Presidential Campaign During the 2012 race for president, the issue of climate change […]
July 30, 2016 – 8:06 am
Breitbart’s Scott Pinsker takes a swing at attempting to woo those Conservatives who do not support Trump in one form or fashion, starting out with What’s more important: Conservative beliefs or conservative outcomes? The two are not the same. In American politics, the relationship between beliefs and outcomes isn’t necessarily causal, and for generations, this […]
July 11, 2016 – 7:06 am
Things like this are rather ominous, but not unexpected with this candidate PEW: White women with college degrees (%): McCain -3Romney -1Trump -31https://t.co/C9JUZttiXy pic.twitter.com/mwyiJSkUYr — Adrian Gray (@adrian_gray) July 10, 2016 While Trump has done better in a few metrics, many of them are very bad Men Overall McCain D+1 Romney R+10 Trump R+6 Women […]
June 21, 2016 – 7:22 am
This is the time when we will start being inundated with polls, and something to very much consider is that national head to head polls are not a true metric of who will win the general election. It is the State polls where the rubber meets the road. Again, it’s that pesky Electoral College thing. […]
May 17, 2016 – 8:08 am
There are two pieces of interest at the NY Times. The first is an opinion piece by Emma Roller, which is about Hillary’s conservative cred Can Hillary Clinton, Goldwater Girl, Win Over Republicans? …. Now she’s the one running for president. The Goldwater Girl chapter is in the past, though it is something the veteran […]
May 3, 2016 – 6:55 am
Well, now, this is interesting (Rasmussen) Last week, Rasmussen Reports gave voters the option of staying home on Election Day if Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are the big party nominees, and six percent (6%) said that’s what they intend to do for now. Clinton and Trump were tied with 38% support each; 16% said […]
