… As Hillary Clinton turns her attention to a general election campaign, Mr. Trump’s nasty skirmish with Mr. Cruz, including his warning to “spill the beans” about Mrs. Cruz, without offering specifics, and his re-posting of a message that mocked her looks, have played into a crucial Democratic strategy to […] Read more »
Democrats Evenly Split Over Clinton, Sanders in Bloomberg Poll
More than halfway through a nomination race that she entered as the clear favorite, Hillary Clinton finds herself deadlocked with Bernie Sanders among Democrats. CONT. Justin Sink, Bloomberg Politics Read more »
The slow-motion implosion of the Republican Party
Trapped on all sides. That’s where the Republican Party finds itself today, both in its nominating battle and in its implacable “not even a hearing” stance on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Merrick Garland. Privately, and to some degree publicly, Republicans seem resigned to death in November by fire […] Read more »
CNN/ORC poll: Clinton tops Trump on presidential traits
If Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, the respective front-runners in the race for the Democratic and Republican nominations for president, wind up leading their respective parties into the general, voters nationwide think Clinton would most likely win in the November election, according to a new CNN/ORC Poll. CONT. Jennifer Agiesta, […] Read more »
Jerusalem, Jews and the Presidential Candidates
… Jerusalem is a city with immense significance for all sides in the Middle East conflict, and the idea of the U.S. recognizing it as the capital of Israel and ratifying that with a move of the embassy would have great significance in that region. But, the issue is not […] Read more »
Republicans in Bloomberg Poll Not Sold on Plan to Stop Trump
The most committed Republican voters aren’t rallying behind efforts to deny Donald Trump the party’s nomination at their national convention in July, but he still faces an uphill climb after that. A Bloomberg Politics national poll shows 63 percent of those who have voted in this year’s Republican primaries and […] Read more »