If you think gender issues and the so-called “war on women” were at the forefront in the 2012 campaign, just wait until 2016. … It’s a given in politics today that men will vote more Republican, while women will vote more Democratic. That has consistently been the case for a […] Read more »
Clintons Score in Popularity; Karl Rove, Not so Much
Hillary Clinton and her ex-president husband win substantial popularity in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll. Republican strategist Karl Rove, not so much. Fifty-five percent of Americans say they’d support Clinton running for president in 2016. More, 63 percent, express a favorable opinion of Bill Clinton, the second-highest popularity rating […] Read more »
Does Hillary Owe It to Democrats to Run?
Some people involved in politics evoke the strongest of emotions. Surely, Hillary Clinton is one of those people. In the category of those who have never sought elective office themselves, Karl Rove would certainly be on the list as well. Their lines intersected a week ago with a New York […] Read more »
Iowa activists provide early perceptions of potential Hillary Clinton presidential bid
… No state frustrated Clinton more during her 2008 campaign than Iowa, which launched Obama, then an Illinois senator, and dealt her a demoralizing setback with her third-place finish in the nation’s first caucuses. Today, Iowa activists see her through a new lens. Democrats, including those who backed Obama in […] Read more »
Republicans Replay 1998 on Benghazi
… It’s 1998, and House Republicans have moved to charge President Bill Clinton with an impeachable high crime for lying about sex. Parties that don’t control the White House invariably gain in midterm elections. But the anti-Clinton drive energized Democrats. That year, Republicans failed to gain congressional seats in a […] Read more »
Barbara Bush, Hillary Clinton Tie for Most Admired First Lady
Barbara Bush and Hillary Clinton share the title of the most admired first lady of the past 25 years, with current First Lady Michelle Obama in a close third, according to the most recent NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. CONT. Mark Murray, NBC News Read more »