Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders registered his highest support ever in the Reuters poll, winning the support of 23 percent of Democrats. Vice-President Joe Biden, who isn’t a candidate (yet), earns the support of 12 percent of Democrats. Almost 10 percent of Democrats say they wouldn’t vote in the primary, given the current choice of candidates. In other words, “none of the above” is currently running 4th in the Democrat primary, just behind a candidate who isn’t running and ahead of three who are.
by Mike Flynn22 Aug 2015, 12:08 PM PST0
When she launched her campaign for President, Hillary made income inequality one of her central themes. “The deck is stacked in favor of those at the top,” Clinton said. “Everyday Americans need a champion and I want to be that champion.” Collecting almost a cool million for pancakes pretty much defines the Hillary Clinton campaign.
by Mike Flynn22 Aug 2015, 12:02 PM PST0
In Iowa, Jeb Bush is in 7th place. In New Hampshire, which was expected to be the strongest of the early states for him, he is in 3rd. In South Carolina he is in second, but with almost one-third the support of the frontrunner. Interestingly, the South Carolina polls were taken before the first GOP debate, when the Trump boomlet gathered steam.
by Mike Flynn21 Aug 2015, 11:18 AM PST0
Just a few weeks ago, professional Republican strategists predicted that Trump would already be heading for the exits. Almost 60 percent said he would bow out of the race before the end of the year. That hasn’t happened. So, on Wednesday, predicted frontrunner Jeb Bush launched his first direct attack on Trump. “He has given more money to Democrats than he’s given to Republicans.”
by Mike Flynn20 Aug 2015, 8:45 AM PST0
The index measures nations on personal, civil and economic freedom. The United States has fallen three spots since Barack Obama became President.
by Mike Flynn19 Aug 2015, 12:51 PM PST0
All the Democrat candidates’ plans quibble over how one pays for college, rather than looking at the higher education system itself. In many ways, the Democrats’ plans for college are similar to the party’s approach on any policy issues. Their debates, whether the issue is health care or housing, are over who will pick up the tab for the policy, not whether the underlying challenge itself needs reform or change.
by Mike Flynn19 Aug 2015, 7:25 AM PST0
The obvious story of the “Trump Summer” is his continued dominance of the GOP primary race. It would be an understatement to say that Trump has survived a media onslaught against him. Even Fox News aimed its most potent journalists at him during the first GOP debate and widely missed their target. The campaign of every Republican running for President has been impacted by the Trump candidacy and the smart ones are starting to adapt.
by Mike Flynn18 Aug 2015, 4:30 PM PST0
It should come as no surprise that the lawsuits challenging the House maps in the three states were brought by the National Democrat Redistricting Trust. The organization is run by former staff members of the Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee. It is a blatant attempt to litigate what was lost at the ballot box.
by Mike Flynn18 Aug 2015, 6:24 AM PST0
Like the Democrat party, the national Republican party and its erstwhile allies at Fox and the Wall Street Journal, are losing their control of the party’s nominating process to outsiders. The top three GOP candidates, Trump, Carson and Cruz, have support of almost half the Republican voting base.
by Mike Flynn17 Aug 2015, 8:37 AM PST0
The latest Fox poll finds that 58 percent of Americans believe Hillary Clinton lied about not having classified information on her private email server. A majority, 54 percent, also believe her use of a private email put that nation’s security at risk.
by Mike Flynn15 Aug 2015, 6:24 AM PST0
In truth, the only person being serious in this whole exchange is Trump. One doesn’t have to be a conservative to have some trepidation reading world news these days. China has launched a currency war, our Middle East policy, such that it exists, is dependent on angels suddenly taking power in Iran. Our sphere of influence is narrowing in the world, as other countries decide to chart their own course independent of the U.S.
by Mike Flynn14 Aug 2015, 10:00 AM PST0
The interview shows that Scott Walker’s campaign is absorbing the latest polling data. The candidates doing best in the polls, beyond Trump, are Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina, Walker and Ted Cruz. Candidates are moving in the polls based on their relative distance from Republican leadership in Washington.
by Mike Flynn14 Aug 2015, 6:57 AM PST0
The poll is the latest evidence that the the early innings of the 2016 are not strictly just a story about Donald Trump. The larger dynamic is that voters are rejecting any candidate who is seen as tied to the Washington Republican establishment.
by Mike Flynn12 Aug 2015, 6:29 PM PST0
The Herald poll, conducting by Franklin Pierce University, is the first to find Sanders leading Clinton in any early state. The polls’ results, though, are consistent with other polling in the Granite State. Clinton’s recent leads in the state have been in the single-digits, with her support in the low 40s, in line with the Herald poll.
by Mike Flynn12 Aug 2015, 7:40 AM PST0
Donald Trump seems to be weathering a weekend of controversies surrounding his criticism of questioning from Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly during the debate.
by Mike Flynn11 Aug 2015, 7:29 PM PST0
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry has stopped paying his campaign staff. Meanwhile, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul faces some significant legal challenges if he continues his campaign, which recently has seemingly been on a downward trajectory.
by Mike Flynn11 Aug 2015, 11:07 AM PST0
Other than the fact that they are generally hairless bipeds, there is almost no similarity between the candidacies of Donald Trump and Sen. Bernie Sanders. Yet, at opposite ends of the political spectrum, these two improbable candidates are attracting interest and support that defies conventional political logic.
by Mike Flynn11 Aug 2015, 6:12 AM PST0
A transcript of the debate shows the Fox moderators exhibited all the reasons voters are increasingly turned off by politics. Virtually every question asked of the candidates was framed as a negative, unearthing some key factoid from an opposition research document on their record and asking them to address the item.
by Mike Flynn10 Aug 2015, 10:41 AM PST0
The highest poll ranking of a candidate acceptable to the Republicans in D.C. is Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, in fifth place with just 8 percent. This is stunning considering the obvious attacks on Trump by Fox moderators, the limited number of questions offered to Cruz and Carson and the relegation of Fiorina to a non-prime time debate slot.
by Mike Flynn9 Aug 2015, 10:40 AM PST0
Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina clearly won the debate, likely earning herself a fresh look by Republican voters and likely a podium at the next Republican debate.
by Mike Flynn6 Aug 2015, 8:40 PM PST0
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell moved swiftly Thursday to shut down any possible conservative attempt to block funding for Planned Parenthood, the federally-funded abortion provider weathering a political scandal.
by Mike Flynn6 Aug 2015, 4:21 PM PST0
Russ Feingold, who served 12 years as a hard-left Senator from Wisconsin and lost in the Republican wave of 2010, is hoping to make a comeback in 2016. It has been more than 80 years since a defeated Senator reclaimed
by Mike Flynn5 Aug 2015, 9:52 PM PST0
A new poll from Rasmussen confirms that the Donald Trump phenomenon says more about the Republican party brand than the political aspirations of the real estate developer.
by Mike Flynn4 Aug 2015, 9:30 PM PST0
On Thursday, the prime-time political world will be focused on the 1st GOP Presidential debate, featuring the top 10 Republican candidates. There are, of course, 16 declared candidates for the GOP nomination, meaning that six won’t make the cut for the nighttime debate, hosted by Fox News.
by Mike Flynn4 Aug 2015, 1:55 PM PST0
When the Republican candidates take stage in Cleveland for the first presidential debate, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry will likely be watching from his hotel room somewhere. The candidate who briefly dominated polling in the 2012 contest and began this campaign in the middle of the pack, looks to settle in 11th or 12th place when the debate cut-off is set.
by Mike Flynn2 Aug 2015, 9:04 PM PST0
