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Trump Ahead of All Dems Nationally

September 8, 2015 Buck Banks

45% to 40%

Donald Trump’s (R) lead over Hillary Clinton (D) nationally, according to a new Survey USA poll. Trump also leads Bernie Sanders, 44% to 40%, and tops Joe Biden, 44% to 42%.

Clinton Holds Huge Lead in Iowa

August 26, 2015 Buck Banks

54%

Hillary Clinton’s dominating lead over the Democratic field, followed by Sen. Bernie Sanders at 20%, Vice President Joe Biden at 11% and Martin O’Malley at 4%, according to a new Suffolk University poll in Iowa.

Biden Beats Clinton on Authenticity

August 7, 2015August 7, 2015 Buck Banks

What Biden is, even to those who dismiss him as slightly doddering and in over his head, is as real and authentic as they come…With Biden, you get the politically incorrect verbal lapses, the Veep-like comedic value. But you also get warmth and authenticity and a handshake that means something. … Clinton’s pitch is pretty much the polar opposite…Clinton’s first TV ad, released this week, tried to humanize her a bit by having her talk straight to camera about her mother…But Siri sounds more spontaneous when she’s finding me a gas station. Clinton’s team should probably take a moment to survey the wreckage of recent presidential campaigns that seemed immensely promising until the candidates themselves showed up and ruined everything. Al Gore, John Kerry, Mitt Romney and, yes, Hillary Clinton circa 2008 — all of them met the moment perfectly in terms of résumé and experience but lost to candidates who seemed more authentically themselves.

— Matt Bai

Frank: Biden’s His Own Worst Enemy

March 25, 2015 Buck Banks

Joe is his own worst enemy. He can’t keep his mouth shut or his hands to himself.

— Former Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), on Vice President Joe Biden, in an interview with Larry King.

Why Joe Biden Should Run

March 5, 2015 Buck Banks

Biden is a better candidate than most pundits have ever given him credit for. Yeah, he’s sloppy and meandering and says some nutty stuff. But that’s all part of being genuine and three-dimensional, which may be the most valuable trait in modern politics and not a bad contrast to Clinton’s robotic discipline.

— Matt Bai, writing for Yahoo News.

Rubio Slams Biden

February 24, 2015 Buck Banks

Every single day Joe Biden says something that would end my career if I said it once.

— Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), quoted by NH Journal.

Cuomo Admits LaGuardia Airport Is Like a Third World Country

February 20, 2015 Buck Banks

Vice President Biden, in a very candid moment, which he enjoys, flew into LaGuardia and said, ‘You fly into LaGuardia, and you think you’re flying into a Third World country.’ Now, that was a slight overstatement, slightly insensitive, slightly insulting. But, basically true.

— New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), quoted by the New York Observer.

Biden Claims to Be Popular with Delaware Somalis

February 18, 2015 Buck Banks

If you ever come to the train station with me, you’ll notice that I have great relationships with them because there’s an awful lot of them driving cabs and are friends of mine. For real.

— Vice President Joe Biden, quoted by Business Insider, saying he’s quite popular with the Somali community of Wilmington, Delaware.

Biden: This Is Not Your Father’s GOP

October 15, 2014 Buck Banks

This is not your father’s Republican Party. This is a different breed of cat, man. I am not making a moral judgment, but I will tell you that they have no judgment.

— Vice President Joe Biden, quoted by CNN.

Biden Explains What’s Wrong with Washington in Five Words

September 23, 2014 Buck Banks

45% to 40%

Donald Trump’s (R) lead over Hillary Clinton (D) nationally, according to a new Survey USA poll. Trump also leads Bernie Sanders, 44% to 40%, and tops Joe Biden, 44% to 42%.

54%

Hillary Clinton’s dominating lead over the Democratic field, followed by Sen. Bernie Sanders at 20%, Vice President Joe Biden at 11% and Martin O’Malley at 4%, according to a new Suffolk University poll in Iowa.

— Matt Bai

Joe is his own worst enemy. He can’t keep his mouth shut or his hands to himself.

— Former Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), on Vice President Joe Biden, in an interview with Larry King.

— Matt Bai, writing for Yahoo News.

Every single day Joe Biden says something that would end my career if I said it once.

— Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), quoted by NH Journal.

Vice President Biden, in a very candid moment, which he enjoys, flew into LaGuardia and said, ‘You fly into LaGuardia, and you think you’re flying into a Third World country.’ Now, that was a slight overstatement, slightly insensitive, slightly insulting. But, basically true.

— New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), quoted by the New York Observer.

If you ever come to the train station with me, you’ll notice that I have great relationships with them because there’s an awful lot of them driving cabs and are friends of mine. For real.

— Vice President Joe Biden, quoted by Business Insider, saying he’s quite popular with the Somali community of Wilmington, Delaware.

This is not your father’s Republican Party. This is a different breed of cat, man. I am not making a moral judgment, but I will tell you that they have no judgment.

— Vice President Joe Biden, quoted by CNN.

Politics has become too personal.

— Vice President Joe Biden, quoted by the New York Times, on why Washington doesn’t work well anymore.

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%