August 2016 - Page 9 of 12

Florida Insiders See Trump Losing, Rubio Winning

August 11, 2016 Buck Banks

75%

Of Florida political insiders expect Clinton will win Florida, according to a Tampa Bay Times Florida Insider Poll this week. “At the same, however, an even more overwhelming majority of the political consultants, fundraisers, academics and the like surveyed — almost 80 percent — expect Republican Marco Rubio will win reelection in November.”

Trump Is Hurting Rubio’s Prospects

August 11, 2016 Buck Banks

48% to 45%

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) has a three-point lead over Rep. Patrick Murphy in the U.S. Senate race, according to a new Quinnipiac poll. Last month Rubio led by 13 points.

One Day Priebus Grew a Pair

August 11, 2016 Buck Banks

[RNC Chairman Reince] Priebus was on vacation when he learned that Trump had declined to endorse Paul Ryan, the Speaker of the House and a close friend. The chairman had a frank message for the nominee, according to two Republican officials briefed on the call. Priebus told Trump that internal GOP polling suggested he was on track to lose the election. And if Trump didn’t turn around his campaign over the coming weeks, the Republican National Committee would consider redirecting party resources and machinery to House and Senate races.

— Time

Trump at Fourth Place Among Black Voters

August 11, 2016 Buck Banks

4th

Donald Trump’s place in the presidential race, trailing Hillary Clinton, Libertarian Gary Johnson and Green Party nominee Jill Stein among black voters. Harry Enten: “It wasn’t that long ago that Donald Trump liked to boast about his support from black voters… But Trump is polling worse among black voters than almost every single Republican presidential nominee since 1948 in polls taken between the party conventions and Election Day.”

Ros-Lehtinen Says She’ll Write In Jeb Bush

August 11, 2016 Buck Banks

I think I’ll write in the name Jeb Bush.

— Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), telling the Miami Herald that she isn’t going to vote for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton for president, but she has no plans to vote for a third party candidate.

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.

75%

48% to 45%

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) has a three-point lead over Rep. Patrick Murphy in the U.S. Senate race, according to a new Quinnipiac poll. Last month Rubio led by 13 points.

— Time

4th

I think I’ll write in the name Jeb Bush.

— Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), telling the Miami Herald that she isn’t going to vote for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton for president, but she has no plans to vote for a third party candidate.

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.

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.

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.

— Stuart Rothenberg

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%