Day: May 11, 2017
Kasich Equates Trump with ‘Political Meth’
“At some point, the fever will break. Maybe that’s where we are with Trump. Maybe he’s our political meth. The egomania, the rashness, the multi-front war on everyone in his way and some who aren’t — this is not sustainable in a country that cares about other things.”
— Gov. John Kasich, in an interview with Matt Bai.
Trump’s Word Associations Are Not Flattering
A new Quinnipiac poll asked respondents for the first word that comes to mind when they think of President Trump. The answer given more times than any other was “idiot,” followed by “incompetent” and “liar.”
‘We’ve Become Nicaragua’
“I’m trying to avoid the conclusion that we’ve become Nicaragua.”
— Former CIA Director Michael Hayden, quoted by The Cipher Brief, saying he was “puzzled” by the explanation of the firing of FBI Director James Comey.
Stone Gloats Over Comey Firing
“Somewhere Dick Nixon is smiling.”
— Trump confidant Roger Stone, quoted by the New York Times, on the firing of FBI Director James Comey.
Democrats Raising Money for As-Yet-Unnamed Candidates
$2 million
“Democratic activist groups have a new plan for their party to take back control of Congress: Raise money for yet-to-be determined Democratic nominees,” the HuffPost reports. “At least three Democratic-allied groups ? including ActBlue, the biggest online fundraiser for Democratic candidates ? are raking in money from donors who don’t care who they’re supporting, as long as it’s a Democrat in a certain district. … Immediately after House Republicans passed a bill to repeal Obamacare… the three groups combined to raise more than $2 million in less than 24 hours.”
Ross: We Won’t Reach 3 Percent Growth Until ALL of Trump’s Initiatives Are Inacted
3%
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross told Reuters the U.S. economy won’t achieve the Trump administration’s 3 percent growth goal this year and not until all of its tax, regulatory, trade and energy policies are fully in place. Said Ross: “The Congress has been slow-walking everything. We don’t even have half the people in place.”
Quinnipiac Finds Donald’s Approval at 36%, Sees Signs of Erosion of Support Among His Base Voters
Reality may be started to permeate the Fox bubble. The new Quinnipiac Poll has Donald’s approval at 36 percent, which is in the range where former Pres. George W. Bush’s approval rating sank and then stalled for the last three years of his second term — making him the most unpopular president in the history of presidential polling.
Donald Trump appears to be giving Bush a run for his money.
The signal that reality is setting in — that Trump voters may finally be starting to realize that they’ve been had — is in the internals. In particular, Donald has seen a ten-point drop in support among white voters with no college degrees, from 57 percent in April to 47 percent now.
According to Quinnipiac, support for Donald is also eroding among independent voters and white men:
