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Clinton Still Cagey on Candidacy

June 9, 2014 Buck Banks

I’m not positive about that but the way I make decisions, that’s probably likely.

— Hillary Clinton, quoted by the Wall Street Journal, when asked if she would announce her plans for a possible presidential run next year.

Hillary Clinton Admits She Got Iraq War Vote Wrong

June 6, 2014 Buck Banks

I got it wrong, plain and simple.

— Hillary Clinton, quoted in her forthcoming memoir, about voting to authorize the Iraq war.

Schweitzer Notes Hillary Clinton’s Negatives

June 5, 2014 Buck Banks

You can’t be the candidate that shakes down more money on Wall Street than anybody since I don’t know, Woodrow Wilson, and be the populist. You can’t be the one to say we’re going to focus on rebuilding America if you voted to go to the Iraq war.

— Former Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D), quoted by Time, on a possible presidential bid by Hillary Clinton in 2016.

God Might Tell Herman Cain to Run Again

June 2, 2014 Buck Banks

I do not know what the future holds, but I know who holds the future. And I trust in God.

— Pizza mogul Herman Cain, “who at one point topped all Republican challengers during the 2012 Republican presidential primary before dropping out amidst allegations of multiple affairs, suggested on Saturday that he would return to the campaign trail in 2016 if called upon God to do so,” the Huffington Post reports.

Majority of Americans Support Clinton Running for President

May 28, 2014 Buck Banks

55%

Of Americans say they support Hillary Clinton running for president, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds. The same poll found two-thirds disapproved of Karl Rove’s questioning Clinton’s health and age.

An Honest Memoir

May 22, 2014May 23, 2014 Buck Banks

A pre-campaign memoir is seen as one measure
Of how a candidate would perform as a leader.
But I’m with Mike Murphy
Who’s hoping that someday
Someone will write “Screw Iowa and New Hampshire.”

Waiting for the ‘Screw Iowa and New Hampshire’ Political Mamoir

May 22, 2014 Buck Banks

When someone is brave enough to write one of these books and call it ‘Screw Iowa and New Hampshire’ or something, then I might actually read it.

— GOP strategist Mike Murphy, quoted by the New York Times, on pre-presidential campaign political memoirs.

Clinton Earns $5 Million for Speeches

May 21, 2014May 21, 2014 Buck Banks

$5 million

Amount Hillary Clinton has made since leaving the State Department on more than 90 speeches and notable appearances, Mother Jones reports.

Priebus Thinks Clinton Won’t Run

May 19, 2014 Buck Banks

Given the month she just had, I doubt whether or not she will run for president in 2016.

— RNC Chairman Reince Priebus, quoted by Newsmax, on the possibility Hillary Clinton will make another White House run.

It’s Too Early to Count ‘Likely Voters’

May 19, 2014 Buck Banks

A tip: There is no such thing as a likely voter six months before a general election, and if you think there is one, you’re likely cooking the books. Our rule is to always begin introducing likely voter models after Labor Day.

— NBC’s First Read, criticizing news organizations and pollsters that use “likely voter” models “to describe an election environment before Memorial Day when many Americans haven’t even begun to tune in to the general election.”

I’m not positive about that but the way I make decisions, that’s probably likely.

— Hillary Clinton, quoted by the Wall Street Journal, when asked if she would announce her plans for a possible presidential run next year.

I got it wrong, plain and simple.

— Hillary Clinton, quoted in her forthcoming memoir, about voting to authorize the Iraq war.

You can’t be the candidate that shakes down more money on Wall Street than anybody since I don’t know, Woodrow Wilson, and be the populist. You can’t be the one to say we’re going to focus on rebuilding America if you voted to go to the Iraq war.

— Former Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D), quoted by Time, on a possible presidential bid by Hillary Clinton in 2016.

I do not know what the future holds, but I know who holds the future. And I trust in God.

55%

Of Americans say they support Hillary Clinton running for president, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds. The same poll found two-thirds disapproved of Karl Rove’s questioning Clinton’s health and age.

When someone is brave enough to write one of these books and call it ‘Screw Iowa and New Hampshire’ or something, then I might actually read it.

— GOP strategist Mike Murphy, quoted by the New York Times, on pre-presidential campaign political memoirs.

$5 million

Amount Hillary Clinton has made since leaving the State Department on more than 90 speeches and notable appearances, Mother Jones reports.

Given the month she just had, I doubt whether or not she will run for president in 2016.

— RNC Chairman Reince Priebus, quoted by Newsmax, on the possibility Hillary Clinton will make another White House run.

A tip: There is no such thing as a likely voter six months before a general election, and if you think there is one, you’re likely cooking the books. Our rule is to always begin introducing likely voter models after Labor Day.

— NBC’s First Read, criticizing news organizations and pollsters that use “likely voter” models “to describe an election environment before Memorial Day when many Americans haven’t even begun to tune in to the general election.”

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“If you are committing fraud against the American people, all of us in public leadership should be trying to stop it and throw you in prison for enriching yourself off the American taxpayer.”

— Vice President JD Vance, on Fox News.

“Your generation has a great bullshit meter, because you’re fed bullshit online all day. And the Democratic Party brand right now is so bullshit.”

— Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D), quoted by The Atlantic, speaking to college students.

“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.

Numerati

+175,000

“The U.S. State Department announced on Monday that it has revoked more than 175,000 visas during President Donald Trump’s administration so far,” Fox News reports.

$4,600

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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%