After weeks of scrutiny and tough questions – over her emails and the Clinton Foundation – here’s the bad news for presidential candidate Hillary Clinton: Her image has taken a hit, according to the latest national NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. … But here’s the good news for her: Despite […] Read more »
From ‘Hamlet’ to Hillary
If Hillary Clinton goes the distance, she may have Shakespeare to thank. Shakespeare and beer. Both forged one of her campaign’s chief architects, Joel Benenson. Both are among his compasses. … Benenson, 62, majored in theater at Queens College, part of the City University of New York. He thought he’d be an […] Read more »
Doubts about Clinton’s honesty after emails
Americans appear to be suspicious of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s honesty, and even many Democrats are only lukewarm about her presidential candidacy, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. CONT. Lisa Lerer & Emily Swanson, AP Read more »
The Problem for Bernie Sanders: The Narrow Lane to Hillary Clinton’s Left
The presidential candidacy of Bernie Sanders, a senator from Vermont and self-described socialist who will most likely champion the liberal cause, won’t change that fact that Hillary Rodham Clinton is poised to win the Democratic nomination without a serious contest. … This is mainly because of Mr. Sanders’s own weaknesses […] Read more »
Youth still favor Democrats, Clinton, but margins tighten
Nearly half of young American voters do not have confidence in the justice system, according to a new Harvard survey of millennials. The poll of 18-29 year olds released Wednesday by Harvard’s Institute of Politics (IOP) found an even 49%-49% split among the age group on the question of the […] Read more »
A New Formula for a Real Democratic Majority
What is the biggest obstacle to Democrats truly winning a national election and pursuing a progressive agenda? What is the biggest obstacle to Democrats winning big enough, geographically broad enough, and deep enough to overcome the constitutional barriers to a governing majority in America? I posed that first question in […] Read more »