With four months to go before the first presidential nomination contests, Republican and Democratic voters have sharply different perspectives on their parties’ campaigns – from the qualities they value in candidates to the assessments of their presidential fields and the issues they prioritize. CONT. Pew Read more »
Hillary Clinton still leads Sanders and Biden, but by less
Hillary Clinton continues to lead the Democratic field in a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll, but she no longer commands the support of a majority of Democrats as Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Vice President Biden gain ground. CONT. Susan Page & Paulina Firozi, USA Today Read more »
McCarthy’s comments on Benghazi probe may be a political gift to Clinton
Hillary Rodham Clinton’s upcoming appearance before the U.S. House Select Committee on Benghazi was supposed to be a crucible: a chance for Republicans to prosecute the former secretary of state for her handling of the 2012 terrorist attacks that killed four Americans as well as for her use of private […] Read more »
Hillary Clinton’s Authenticity Problem, and Ours
Is Hillary Rodham Clinton not presenting her true self to voters? As with candidates like Mitt Romney and Al Gore, claims that she is inauthentic have fueled endless cycles of negative coverage of her campaign. … Once these narratives develop, candidates like Mrs. Clinton can get stuck in what I’ve […] Read more »
How Do Primary Voters See the Candidates
By now, everyone has an opinion on who “won” and “lost” 1) the summer; 2) the last debate and 3) the momentum to win the party nomination. What’s more important is to see how actual voters perceive this race. The latest NBC/Wall Street Journal poll – the gold standard of […] Read more »
Kevin McCarthy puts political spin on Benghazi and Hillary Clinton
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-California, is under fire for comments he made that linked the House Select Benghazi Committee to Hillary Clinton’s falling poll numbers. … “Everybody thought Hillary Clinton was unbeatable, right?” McCarthy said. “But we put together a Benghazi special committee, a select committee. What are her […] Read more »