August 10, 2016

The Great Negotiator

August 10, 2016 Buck Banks

Trump warns us not to underestimate
His capacity to negotiate.
He doesn’t want to be pilloried
By a debater like Hillary,
So he’ll just negotiate his way out of the debates.

Warren: Trump Hates Getting Beaten by a Girl

August 10, 2016August 10, 2016 Buck Banks

Donald Trump makes death threats because he’s a pathetic coward who can’t handle the fact that he’s losing to a girl.

— Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), on Twitter.

Most Republicans Still Want Trump as Their Candidate

August 10, 2016 Buck Banks

70%

Of registered Republicans want Donald Trump to stay as the party’s nominee while 19% would like him to quit, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll finds.

Trump Still Hasn’t Spent Any Money on TV Ads

August 10, 2016 Buck Banks

0

Amount Donald Trump’s campaign has spent on TV ads, though nearly $100 million has been spent on general-election TV advertisements in the presidential race since the primary season ended, NBC News reports.

It’s Probably Already Over

August 10, 2016August 10, 2016 Buck Banks

Journalistic neutrality allegedly forces us to say that the race isn’t over until November, and most media organizations prefer to hype the presidential contest to generate viewers and readers rather than explain why a photo finish is unlikely. … But a dispassionate examination of the data, combined with a cold-blooded look at the candidates, the campaigns and presidential elections, produces only one possible conclusion: Hillary Clinton will defeat Donald Trump in November, and the margin isn’t likely to be as close as Barack Obama’s victory over Mitt Romney.

Day: August 10, 2016

The Great Negotiator

Warren: Trump Hates Getting Beaten by a Girl

Donald Trump makes death threats because he’s a pathetic coward who can’t handle the fact that he’s losing to a girl.

— Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), on Twitter.

Most Republicans Still Want Trump as Their Candidate

70%

Of registered Republicans want Donald Trump to stay as the party’s nominee while 19% would like him to quit, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll finds.

Trump Still Hasn’t Spent Any Money on TV Ads

0

Amount Donald Trump’s campaign has spent on TV ads, though nearly $100 million has been spent on general-election TV advertisements in the presidential race since the primary season ended, NBC News reports.

It’s Probably Already Over

— Stuart Rothenberg

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

— Rick Wilson

— Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) on the “resign or be fired” ultimatum from the GOP’s Freedom Caucus just 174 days into his tenure as sp[eaker, reported by Punchbowl News.

“Trump’s head slowly dropped, his eyes closed. It jerked back upward. He adjusts himself. Then, his head droops again. He straightens up, leaning back. His head droops for a third time, he shakes his shoulders. Eyes closed still. His head drops. Finally, he pops his eyes open.”

— Law360 reports from the second day of Donald Trump’s “hush money” criminal trial.

— Jonathan Last

“He’s f**king crazy! The press often will ask me if I think Donald Trump is crazy. And I’ll say it this way: I don’t think he’s so crazy that you could put him in a mental institution. But I think if he were in one, he ain’t getting out!”

— New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R), quoted by the Associated Press two years ago. Sununu is now backing Trump for president.

Numerati

$71.1 million to $45.2 million

56% to 37%

270,000

50 of 96

New York Times: “Of the 96 possible jurors brought into the room, more than 50 raised their hands to say they couldn’t be fair. They were immediately excused.”

20%