After Volatile Day Of Polling, Clinton Still Has The Electoral College Advantage
Some post-RNC national polls show Trump leading or tied with Hillary Clinton. A new electoral projection shows that Clinton still has the long-term advantage.
Some post-RNC national polls show Trump leading or tied with Hillary Clinton. A new electoral projection shows that Clinton still has the long-term advantage.
The drama that cable news is playing up isn’t accurate. The view from inside the hall is very pro-Hillary Clinton.
“It’s okay – Congress will stop him if he tries to do anything insane”
“Over 45 Years … I Don’t Know What Else To Call What Emerges, Except Racism.â€
“I think it was a home run…if you want to keep Donald Trump out of the White House, hard to find a better selection than that”
When Hillary Clinton gave Debbie Wasserman Schultz an honorary position in her 50-state program yesterday upon the news of the DNC Chair’s resignation, many quickly jumped to the conclusion that Hillary Clinton was rewarding Wasserman Schultz with “quid pro quo” for “rigging the election”.
Republicans are excited about a series of new polls that show Donald Trump leading Hillary Clinton after the GOP convention, but Mitt Romney had the same numbers at the same point during the 2012 election.
“If God-given natural rights come in conflict with government, court, or human-granted rights, God-given natural rights always prevail.”
“The Democrats are in a total meltdown but the biased media will say how great they are doing! E-mails say the rigged system is alive & well!”
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The dark vision of America under siege described by Donald Trump in his acceptance speech for the Republican presidential nomination does not mesh with reality, U.S. President Barack Obama said on Friday.
Following Sunday’s resignation of Debbie Wasserman Schultz as Chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton thanked her for her leadership and named her chair of her campaign’s 50-state program.
“For the last eight years, Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz has had my back,” the President said in a statement. “This afternoon, I called her to let her know that I am grateful.”
Sen. Bernie Sanders said Debbie Wasserman Schultz made the right decision for the future of the Democratic Party to step down as Chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee.
Donald Trump actually thought that the best way to woo Sanders supporters was to attack Sen. Bernie Sanders. Trump tweeted: Sorry folks, but Bernie Sanders is exhausted, just can't go on any longer. He is trying to dismiss the new e-mails and DNC disrespect. SAD! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 24, 2016 An analysis…
The Hillary Clinton campaign went there today by connecting the dots and letting voters know that the Russian government is working to get Donald Trump elected president. Video: Transcript via ABC’s This Week: STEPHANOPOULOS: What more is there to know? We see what’s in them. MOOK: Well, what’s disturbing about this entire situation is that…
After Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook suggested that experts say Russians are behind the DNC hacks and leaks, Donald Trump Jr. slammed the Clinton campaign for “lying”, claiming that if a Republican lied like the Clinton camp, “they would bring out the electric chair.â€
The Republican National Convention may have hastened the end of days for the party with seemingly endless broadcasts blaring with hate, but we will all die a slow soft death if we continue to perpetuate a culture where victim blaming is the norm.
It is downright stupid, and crazy, for gay Log Cabin Republicans to cling to the GOP or expect it to change and support LGBT equal rights.
Donald Trump thought Hillary Clinton would make a “great president” before he was running against her.
On Monday, a unified Democratic Party will travel to Philadelphia to deliver a positive message to the voters: America is already great.
Trump stiffed The Paint Spot $34K, claiming it had been “paid enough†regardless of the contract he had signed
“If you believe that America is better off governed by five elites who are detached from any kind of control by the anybody, then vote for Hillary Clinton.â€
Tim Kaine made his first appearance on the campaign trail as Hillary Clinton’s vice presidential running mate on Saturday, urging Democrats to make history by putting Clinton in the White House and leaping to attack Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s record.
Criticism targeting Trump for threatening to dishonor past agreements with NATO is well warranted; but not from hypocritical Republicans.
The Clinton/Kaine ticket made their debut in Florida, and threw Republicans for a loop with a perfect tone of sunshine. Presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton made her first appearance with Tim Kaine as her VP choice. Unlike the Trump/Pence debacle of a week earlier, Clinton made the rally all about talking up the character, record,…
President Obama and Senator Warren pointed out that regulating big banks isn’t bad for business and didn’t harm the economy and yet Republicans want to dismantle the rules put into place to protect consumers.
While trying to attack Tim Kaine on TPP, Donald Trump accidentally leveled his own running mate Mike Pence.
Donald Trump went on another racist, ugly rant trying to stir up dissent among Democrats after Hillary Clinton kicked him in the you-know-whats by picking moderate Democrat Tim Kaine.
“We cannot salute the Republican nominee or pretend that we might endorse him this fall. A Trump presidency would be dangerous for the nation and the world”
“If the Republicans and the evangelicals do not get off their posteriors and vote, I think I’m going to head back to the woods and hide out.â€
Hillary Clinton’s selection of Sen. Tim Kaine as her running mate has already shifted the Electoral College map, as Kaine’s home state of Virginia has been moved from Leans Democratic to Likely Democratic.
Hillary Clinton had to weigh how her VP choice would impact the Democratic bid to retake the Senate. She also was likely thinking about some Trump insurance by picking the Senator from a swing state. Kaine is an ideal fit for the Clinton campaign, and he was the right choice to be her running mate.
“I was disappointed with Ken Burns. He is a historian, he knows better. This is a smear tactic that we’re seeing far too much of in this campaign.”
“It was a terrifying speech, a dark vision of…a mythical America that does not really exist”
The Republican convention failed to win over Latino voters. The convention started with Clinton at +55 lead with Latino voters and ended with her at +63 lead. Thanks, Donald.
The myth that Donald Trump is a special political ratings draw was smashed as Trump’s acceptance speech had about the same number of viewers as Mitt Romney’s did in 2012, and 10 million fewer viewers than John McCain did in 2008.
You need to know just how bad it was. This isn’t a time for people to look away. Luckily the Hillary for America people compiled a few clips you can watch quickly.
In his video announcement, David Duke says, “I am overjoyed to see Donald Trump and most Americans embrace most of the issues I’ve championed for years.â€
Donald Trump was supposed to be addressing campaign volunteers in Cleveland, but his speech soon morphed into a total breakdown where Trump accidentally admitted that he expects to lose to Hillary Clinton.
Ivanka Trump is double monetizing her RNC appearances by tweeting this morning, “Shop Ivanka’s look from her #RNC speech,” with an affiliate link to a dress from her clothing line.
The N.B.A. cannot successfully host our All-Star festivities in Charlotte in the climate created by the current law.
“I have a message for all of you: the crime and violence that today afflicts our nation will soon come to an end. Beginning on January 20th 2017, safety will be restored”
Donald Trump just finished an acceptance speech that was by far the worst in modern American presidential campaign history.
Thanks to the early leaking of Trump’s speech transcript, it was easy for fact checkers to pre-debunk Donald Trump’s acceptance speech lies.
Donald Trump rattled off a series of statistics about crime in the United States, but none of the things that Trump stated as fact were true.
Donald Trump’s acceptance speech is so repulsive to so many Americans that he just may have gotten Hillary Clinton elected to be the nation’s next president.
Calling Trump’s wealth a disadvantage was stunningly stupid, but it’s par for the course.
Forget about keeping America safe, the leaking of Trump’s acceptance speech shows that he can’t even keep his own documents safe.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Clinton is close to choosing the Spanish-speaking Virginia senator.
Just hours before evangelical leader Jerry Falwell Jr is expected to speak at the RNC, the Clinton campaign reminded people today that evangelical leaders warned that Donald Trump was a scam. Citing moral duty, the most popular evangelical website in the United States took a brave, prescient stand against Donald Trump back in February, saying…
He will take the stage on Thursday and say, “I am your voice.” But we’ve known Donald Trump for a long time. We know what he stands for. A speech in Cleveland won’t change that.
Not only is this a lame comeback, its a recycled comeback, since he said the same thing about the wife of Bernie Sanders
Donald Trump is getting trashed at his own convention by Republicans after threatening to break up NATO if member states don’t pay the US more money.
A new poll shows that not even having the Republican convention in Cleveland can get Donald Trump a lead over Hillary Clinton in Ohio.
Sarah Palin (R-TV) tried to slam Ted Cruz (R-TX) for his turn on the RNC stage last night, during which he made a humiliating show of refusing to endorse Donald Trump. Palin, who is an expert in career-ending moves, predicted this would end Cruz’s career.
Donald Trump is facing a new complaint that his use of the Trump Organization to do his campaign work is a violation of federal law.
“We conclude that that SB 14 has a discriminatory effect on minorities’ voting rights in violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.”
To turn one of the GOP’s favorite misogynist tropes around on them, what did Trump think was going to happen?
Gov. Mike Pence accepted the Republican Party’s vice presidential nomination, and may have handed the White House to Hillary Clinton. Pence did the usual thanking of his family. He paid tribute to Trump and resolved that Hillary Clinton will never become president. It became clear that Pence’s job was to tie Hillary Clinton to Obama…
Sen. Ted Cruz took the stage at the Republican convention in Cleveland and promptly stabbed Donald Trump in the back while making it clear that he is running for president again in 2020.
As Mike Pence introduces himself to the country on Wednesday night, it’s important we don’t lose sight of what he really is: a right-wing extremist that has no business being Vice President of the United States.
Donald Trump is trying to intimidate yet another person from speaking their truth about him. This one is his ghostwriter, Tony Schwartz, who said that if Trump got elected it would be the end of civilization.
In a cross between a demented Family Feud episode and a convention speech, Gov. Scott Walker showed why he would never be President Of The United States.
“The headline of the week so far is, this convention is not a disaster, which is a massive victory for Trump.”
The GOP has been attempting to privatize or cut Social Security since the beginning of time, whether it’s through the actions of Republican presidents or right-wing budgets proposed in Congress.
Sorry, Republicans: Donald Trump doesn’t really care about making America great again.
Another blow for Trump as Hillary Clinton has picked a historic first ever presidential endorsement from the US Hispanic Chamber Of Commerce.
Deep down inside, Donald Trump knows that he is losing, which is why his son offered to put Kasich in charge of both domestic and foreign policy if he agreed to be Trump’s VP.
Trump is finally admitting, through the Trump Organization, that his wife ripped off First Lady Obama during her Republican convention speech.
Republican propaganda unknowingly convinced old angry white conservatives that Trump is the only man to implement the conservative agenda.
Chris Christie is telling Republicans that if Donald Trump wins the White House, he will demand that a special law be passed that allows him to purge all Obama appointees from the government.
Last night was supposed to be about Trump’s jobs plan. The theme was touted as, “Make America Work Again.” Yet not a single jobs plan was introduced, nor did the speakers tout Donald Trump’s ability to create jobs. The speakers talked about locking Hillary Clinton up.
The GOP convention has introduced the banana republican idea that political opponents should not be merely denigrated, but arrested.
More Trump convention plagiarism has been uncovered, as Donald Trump Jr. plagiarized part of his speech at the Republican convention.
Another Trump family convention speech disaster, as Tiffany Trump accidentally made the argument for why Donald Trump should never be president.
Paul Ryan’s speech wasn’t just the oratorical version of NyQuil, but it was also one big attempt to revise history in his party’s favor – and it failed big time.
Chris Christie almost choked on the words, and his face couldn’t hide his bitterness when he called Trump his friend at the Republican convention.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had the nerve to brag about obstructing President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee during his speech at the Republican convention.
With all the drama surrounding the opening night of the RNC, radical (and dangerous) changes in the Republican Platform got little attention.
The dreadful first night of the RNC – from chaos on the floor, to Rudy Giuliani shouting onstage, to Melania reading from Michelle Obama’s 2008 speech – is likely just a taste of what’s to come for the Trump campaign.
If you’re not terrified, you aren’t paying attention.
Fox News continues to deny it, but it appears that Roger Ailes has been fired from the network. Ailes’s termination could lead to a collapse of the network as key Fox talent all have clauses in their contracts that allow them to leave if Ailes departs Fox News.
There is no end to the ironies that go with Melania Trump lifting Michelle Obama’s thoughts on values like honesty, hard work and especially respect for others
Republicans have come up with a new excuse for Melania Trump’s convention speech plagiarism. According to the RNC, Mrs. Trump may have lifted phrases from My Little Pony, not First Lady Michelle Obama.
Usually, presidential candidates get a bounce in the polls from their own conventions, but if the day one debacle at the RNC convention is any indication, Hillary Clinton may get a boost in the polls from both the Republican and Democratic conventions.
Fox News star Megyn Kelly reportedly told investigators that Roger Ailes also sexually harassed her.
The New York Daily News blasted the Trump campaign with a picture of a triumphant looking Donald Trump pointing at his wife, with the caption, “Thanks Mrs. Obama!”
“It actually applies to her life. It talks about her parents and the values and the values she wants to put to her kids.”
“In the second passage…22 words out of 26 words that Melania Trump spoke were taken directly, word for word from Michele Obama’s words.”
Republicans were counting on Melania Trump to make their nominee warm and likable. Instead, her speech was a chilly propaganda address that failed miserably.
Democratic Benghazi Select Committee member Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) ripped Republicans for trying to exploit Benghazi for political gain at their convention.
The GOP spent the first night of the RNC recycling one if its favorite (and discredited) attack lines of the 2012 presidential campaign.
The Republican convention is so bad that Donald Trump ignored it and instead called into Fox News to do a live interview with Bill O’Reilly.
Voters shouldn’t forget all the ways the presumptive GOP nominee has already damaged America’s national security.
The Republican convention is putting its most racist foot forward as Rep. Steve King (R-IA) told MSNBC that white people had made more contributions to history than any other “sub-group.”
While Republicans were concerned about protestors outside the arena, it is those on the convention floor that have caused the most trouble so far.
Scott Baio, fresh off of his tweet in which he praised a meme calling Hillary Clinton a “COUNT” without the “O” as the “best” ever meme, will naturally be speaking at the Republican Convention. He was asked at the last moment after he introduced himself to Donald Trump.
The Iowa and Colorado delegations walked out, as in less than three hours tensions have boiled over at the Republican convention. While all of this was happening on the convention floor, GOP nominee Donald Trump was sending angry tweets to CNN.