Month: May 2016
Clinton Edging Trump
46% to 43%
Amount by which a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds Clinton leading Trump. Also interesting: “Asked if they would consider a third-party candidate if Clinton and Trump were the major party nominees, 47 percent of registered voters say yes — a higher percentage than those who said yes on a similar question in 2008 and 2012.”
Trump Edging Clinton
46% to 44%
Spread by which a new Washington Post/ABC News poll shows Donald Trump just ahead of Hillary Clinton in the presidential race. Key findings: “Never in the history of the Post-ABC poll have the two major party nominees been viewed as harshly as Clinton and Trump. Nearly 6 in 10 registered voters say they have negative impressions of both major candidates. Overall, Clinton’s net negative rating among registered voters is minus-16, while Trump’s is minus-17, though Trump’s numbers have improved since March.”
Trump’s Hidden Threat
To say ‘Well, he would not really have the power to accomplish that’ is to misunderstand the nature of thin-skinned authoritarians in power. They do not arrive in office and discover, as constitutionalists do, that their capabilities are more limited than they imagined. They arrive, and then make their power as large as they can.
— Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker
Perry Willing to Be Trump’s Veep
I suspect I’m going to be helping him in a myriad ways — but if it’s the vice presidency, if a cabinet position is where he needs somebody with my experience then I’m not going to go back to Texas and say, ‘Aw shucks sir, I’m gonna go fishing.’ I’m gonna go serve my country.
— Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R), who once called Donald Trump “a cancer on conservatism,” told CNN that he would be willing to serve as the presumptive Republican nominee’s vice president.
Trump has a History of Not Paying Federal Income Tax
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Amount Donald Trump had paid the federal government in taxes the last time information from his income-tax returns was made public, the Washington Post reports. “The disclosure, in a 1981 report by New Jersey gambling regulators, revealed that the wealthy Manhattan investor had for at least two years in the late 1970s taken advantage of a tax-code provision popular with developers that allowed him to report negative income.”
Feel the Stalk?
Is it just me, or is the relationship between Bernie and the Democratic party starting to get that ex-boyfriend that is turning into a stalker vibe?
Facebook commenter David Teek, in response to a post about the behavior of Bernie Sanders supporters in the wake of the recent Nevada Democratic convention.
President Trump? If It Happens, Blame the Media, Bob Garfield Says
If Donald Trump wins in November, it could well be because the media hasn’t done its job.
Garfield: ‘Who the Chuck Todd cares about his tax proposals? It’s like asking Charles Manson about his driving record
That’s according to On The Media’s Bob Garfield, who accuses the press of malpractice in its reporting on Trump. The piece is titled, “How Not to Normalize Trump” and it’s well worth the six minutes of your time to listen.
Clooney on Spreading Out the Trump
Twenty-four-hour news doesn’t mean you get more news. It just means you get the same news more.
Actor George Clooney, explaining at the Cannes Film Festival why America won’t elect Donald Trump and blaming much of the candidate’s popularity on his treatment in the press.
Here’s Why Hillary Clinton Could Easily Lose
If you were one of the Democrats out there hoping Trump would be the Republican candidate because Hillary can easily beat him…let’s just say that now that we are almost here it’s not looking good.
I say “almost here” because as we know, Sen. Bernie Sanders continues to stay in the Democratic primary. More on that in a minute.
Here’s why things are looking bad for Clinton, and what we need to remember to turn it around.
