March 2016 - Pensito

Poll: Clinton Leads Trump by 31 Percentage Points in California

March 28, 2016March 28, 2016 Jon Ponder

In this most unpredictable of all presidential campaign seasons, there is at least one thing that can be counted on to hold true.

California remains a reliable stronghold for the Democratic Party, in general — and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, specifically.

That assumption is based on recent polling in the Golden State, including a well-respected USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll released today.

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Ted Cruz Sex Scandal Emerges

March 25, 2016March 25, 2016 Buck Banks

5

Number of women Ted Cruz has allegedly had extramarital affairs with, according to the National Enquirer. Gawker has also chimed in.

Cruz Running on the ‘Anti-Roadkill’ Platform

March 25, 2016 Buck Banks

When we started, there were 17 candidates in this race. It was a wonderfully diverse, talented, dynamic, young field. It had really incredible talent. If you look at a number of the candidates that took on Donald Trump early on, they ended up as roadkill. … Our objective was simple from the beginning, it is to win this race, to win the nomination and then beat Hillary Clinton and turn this country around. And not be roadkill. I am very strongly committed on the anti-roadkill approach.

— Sen. Ted Cruz, explaining to WTMJ why he didn’t attack Donald Trump for many months.

Most GOP Insiders Favor Denying Trump the Nomination

March 25, 2016 Buck Banks

6 in 10

Republican insiders said “the party should nominate another candidate if Trump finishes with a plurality, rather than the required 1,237-delegate majority necessary to claim the party nomination,” Politico reports. “A majority of Republican insiders say Donald Trump should not get the GOP presidential nomination if he falls short of winning a majority of delegates – even if Trump amasses more than any of his opponents.”

Florida GOP Congressman May Vote for Clinton

March 25, 2016 Buck Banks

I think both Donald Trump and Mrs. Clinton are flawed candidates, if you look at the polls the majority of Americans have negative views on both of them. So I am going to wait and see what happens on our side, but I have already said I will not support Mr. Trump, that is not a political decision that is a moral decision.

— Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), who “has been telling some Democrats in his district he would vote for Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump if those were his two choices,” CBS Miami reports.

Trump Supporter: He Reminds Me of a Five Year Old Child, But I’m Voting for Him Anyway

March 24, 2016 Jon Ponder

I’ve never voted for anyone like him. He seems very arrogant and outspoken and he reminds me of my kindergarten students: whatever he thinks in his head, he says. I don’t know if I can trust him, but I like that he’s different. He’s made me a believer.

– Denise McLemore, 56, a kindergarten teacher from Lexington, N.C., explaining her support for Donald Trump to a pollster for Bloomberg News. The poll found that Trump is viewed favorably by just 29 percent of Americans, even while about two-thirds of Republicans support him.

Irrelevant Giuliani Says Clinton a ‘Founding Member’ of ISIS

March 24, 2016 Buck Banks

She had her chance to do it. She helped create ISIS. I mean, Hillary Clinton could be considered a founding member of ISIS.

— Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, saying that Hillary Clinton could be considered a founding member of the Islamic State through her efforts to help U.S. troops leave Iraq, Politico reports.

Trump’s Favorability Sinks to All-Time Low

March 24, 2016 Buck Banks

29% to 68%

Donald Trump’s favorability rating, according to a new Bloomberg poll. Said pollster Ann Selzer: “Trump’s numbers are bad and getting worse…A majority of Americans now describe their feelings toward him as very unfavorable. That’s a 13-point spike from November 2015.” In contrast, Hillary Clinton has a 44% to 53% favorability rating.

Scott Walker Invokes Ghost of Lincoln to Justify Brokered Convention

March 23, 2016 Buck Banks

Remember, Abraham Lincoln won in Chicago in 1860 because of an open convention. He was not the front-runner when he came in. In fact, he wasn’t even near the front until several ballots in. That gives us hope. Our first Republican president, and arguably one of our best, was someone who came in through an open process.

— Gov. Scott Walker (R), quoted by the Washington Post.

GOP Voters Say Nominate the One with Majority of Delegates

March 23, 2016 Buck Banks

60%

Of GOP voters think that if no candidate wins a majority of the delegates in the first ballot at the Republican convention, then the delegates should vote for “the candidate with the most support in the primaries and caucuses,” according to a new CNN/ORC poll.

Month: March 2016

Poll: Clinton Leads Trump by 31 Percentage Points in California

Ted Cruz Sex Scandal Emerges

5

Number of women Ted Cruz has allegedly had extramarital affairs with, according to the National Enquirer. Gawker has also chimed in.

Cruz Running on the ‘Anti-Roadkill’ Platform

— Sen. Ted Cruz, explaining to WTMJ why he didn’t attack Donald Trump for many months.

Most GOP Insiders Favor Denying Trump the Nomination

6 in 10

Florida GOP Congressman May Vote for Clinton

— Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), who “has been telling some Democrats in his district he would vote for Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump if those were his two choices,” CBS Miami reports.

Trump Supporter: He Reminds Me of a Five Year Old Child, But I’m Voting for Him Anyway

I’ve never voted for anyone like him. He seems very arrogant and outspoken and he reminds me of my kindergarten students: whatever he thinks in his head, he says. I don’t know if I can trust him, but I like that he’s different. He’s made me a believer.

– Denise McLemore, 56, a kindergarten teacher from Lexington, N.C., explaining her support for Donald Trump to a pollster for Bloomberg News. The poll found that Trump is viewed favorably by just 29 percent of Americans, even while about two-thirds of Republicans support him.

Irrelevant Giuliani Says Clinton a ‘Founding Member’ of ISIS

She had her chance to do it. She helped create ISIS. I mean, Hillary Clinton could be considered a founding member of ISIS.

— Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, saying that Hillary Clinton could be considered a founding member of the Islamic State through her efforts to help U.S. troops leave Iraq, Politico reports.

Trump’s Favorability Sinks to All-Time Low

29% to 68%

Scott Walker Invokes Ghost of Lincoln to Justify Brokered Convention

— Gov. Scott Walker (R), quoted by the Washington Post.

GOP Voters Say Nominate the One with Majority of Delegates

60%

Of GOP voters think that if no candidate wins a majority of the delegates in the first ballot at the Republican convention, then the delegates should vote for “the candidate with the most support in the primaries and caucuses,” according to a new CNN/ORC poll.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“We are done, Americans are done with endless conflict in the Middle East, spending trillions of dollars, American lives… this is insane and we have to call it for what it is.”

— Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), on CNN.

44%

— Former President Bill Clinton, quoted by Deadline, in his July 4th message.

Numerati

$4,600

11

30%

A new American Research Group poll finds just 30% of Americans say they approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president and 67% say they disapprove.

61% to 35%

81

A Reuters analysis of Trump’s public comments from June 23 through July 6 (13 days) — when a string of left-wing Democratic candidates won their party’s primaries in New York — found he invoked communism 81 times.