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58% to 35%
Margin by which Hillary Clinton leads Gov. Chris Christie in a possible presidential matchup, a new Rutgers-Eagleton poll in New Jersey finds.
53% to 30%
Margin by which Republicans in Congress would shoulder the blame for a shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security more than President Obama, according to a new CNN/ORC poll. Another 13% say both deserve the blame.
The current Congress is not equipped really to do anything. The kind of result that we got in the Ledbetter case is not easily achieved today. Someday, we will go back to having the kind of legislature that we should, where members, whatever party they belong to, want to make the thing work and cooperate with each other to see that that will happen.
— Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in an interview on MSNBC.
We recognize that our liberties do not come from governments, but from Almighty God, our Creator and Savior
— Phrase that Tennessee state Rep. James VanHuss (R) wants to add to the state’s constitution, the Tennessean reports.
I won’t talk about the past. I’ll talk about the future. If I’m in the process of considering the possibility of running, it’s not about re-litigating anything in the past. It’s about trying to create a set of ideas and principles that will help us move forward.
— Jeb Bush (R), saying he isn’t interested in talking about the Iraq war and his brother’s role in starting it, Bloomberg reports.
I changed my mind!
— Barbara Bush, quoted by the Washington Post, on whether there have been “too many Bushes” in the White House.
$122,800
Amount Jeb Bush’s Right to Rise PAC has donated to Republican officials and state parties in the first five weeks of its existence, “an indication of the tactical focus and tenacity with which the former Florida governor is approaching both giving and receiving in the early days of the 2016 fundraising season,” Bloomberg reports.
