The release of new Iowa poll numbers by the Des Moines Register and Bloomberg Politics is one of the few stop-what-you-are-doing-and-see-what-they-say moments left in politics. The woman behind the poll, which gets Iowa right every time, is Ann Selzer. After the new Register numbers came out Saturday night, I reached […] Read more »
Clinton numbers may be better than some think
August can be the cruelest month of the year for Democratic presidential candidates. Just ask Hillary Clinton. … Much of the handwringing in the Democratic Party is over the 61% of Americans who now say Clinton is not honest and trustworthy. It’s evidence of the damage done by a drumbeat […] Read more »
Is There Room For Joe Biden In This Race?
Will Joe run? That’s Vice President Joe Biden, of course, and that’s been the topic in Washington this week as he’s publicly flirted with the idea. If Mr. Biden decides to run, the most difficult task for him may come in cobbling together a coalition capable of challenging Democratic front-runner […] Read more »
A summer of Clinton stumbles gives way to an uncertain fall for Democrats
The Democratic Party, whose presidential race has been mostly overshadowed by Donald Trump and the Republicans, heads into the fall with its nomination contest far less certain than it once appeared and braced for a series of events that will have a significant effect on Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign. Clinton’s […] Read more »
Without Declaring His Candidacy, Biden Places Third in Iowa
Vice President Joe Biden would enter Iowa in a distant third place among Democrats if he decides to run for president, but his rising popularity, combined with signs of trouble for Hillary Clinton, means the early caucus state may be less of an obstacle to Biden this time than it […] Read more »
Hillary Clinton Says Focus on Delegate Count Is About Learning from ’08 Mistakes
Hillary Clinton says her efforts to rack up the support of top Democrats are about learning from the mistakes of her previous presidential campaign and not about trying to discourage Vice President Joe Biden from entering the presidential race. “This is really about how you put the numbers together to […] Read more »